The sale of unhygienic food and products of unclear origin is concerning the public, with the entire political system needed to tackle the issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scandals related to contaminated and unsafe food in recent years have become an issue of major public concern as consumers fear the health consequences.

 Simple greed has fuelled many people to use harmful chemicals in the production of food, wreaking destruction on the environment despite the dire consequences it has for their fellow country people.

 While people are more worried about the flood of unsafe food, they often continue to indulge in unhygienic habits when it comes to street food, ignoring various latent health risks.

VietNamNet Bridge - Every year Vietnam has about 200,000 new cases of cancer, with 75,000 deaths, making Vietnam one of the countries with the alarming rate of cancer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the New Year holidays are coming, contaminated sausage, smoked pork legs made of expired frozen meat, and dried grapes dyed of industrial colorings are slipping into stores and supermarkets.

Eating food contaminated with bugs leads to more than half a billion cases of illness a year, the World Health Organization warns.  

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According to the Environment Police Agency, Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest rate of morbidity and mortality from cancer in the world. Recent studies show that 70 percent of cancer cases in the country are due to unsafe diet.