According to the assessment of the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Vietnam is in the group of countries with very high levels of antibiotic resistance.

The World Health Organization (WHO) puts Vietnam in the group of countries with the highest rate of antibiotic resistance in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Abuse of antibiotics in animal husbandry is alarming in Viet Nam, experts have warned.

The world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", scientists have warned after finding bacteria resistant to drugs used when all other treatments have failed.  

 More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a 30% fall in the effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam, the majority of antibiotics are sold at drugstores without a prescription, with most of the old generations of antibiotics and even new ones ineffective.