More than 4,100 high-rise buildings in Vietnam are at high risk of fire, the interdisciplinary team of the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Construction concluded in a recent investigation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors in hospitals of HCM City have warned of an increase in diseases caused by streptococus pneumoniae bacteria, reported Tin Tuc (News) online newspapers.

The World Health Organization said on Friday it had received reports of an attack on medical facilities in eastern Syria that had destroyed a store containing more than 130,000 vaccine doses against measles and polio.

More frequent and severe natural disasters in Viet Nam due to climate change can push children into child labour if proper preventive measures are not taken, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese women are advised to think carefully before taking intravenouis skin whitening injections, medical experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prolonged exploitation of sand and coarse gravel in rivers is changing currents and causing embankment erosion, which puts the dyke systems under risk, 

Residents of Ha Noi’s Gia Lam District are taking undue risks by jogging and exercising along Ha Noi-Thai Nguyen Highway, which runs through the district’s Ninh Hiep Commune.

 A top U.S. Federal Reserve official on Friday raised caution about central banks issuing digital currencies as they are vulnerable to cyber attacks and criminal activities along with privacy issues that still need to be addressed.

 Superbug bacteria found in people, animals and food across the European Union pose an "alarming" threat to public and animal health having evolved to resist widely used antibiotics,

Women around the age of menopause with elevated blood fats known as triglycerides may also have elevated risk of breaking a bone, a U.S. study suggests. 

Olympic and tourism officials in Brazil downplayed risks for foreign visitors from the mosquito-borne Zika virus on Monday, even as the health ministry warned pregnant women to consult doctors before visiting the country amid a widening scare.

 People genetically prone to low vitamin-D levels are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a large study suggests.

The veterinary authority of HCMC has sounded the alarm over the rampant use of forbidden growth stimulants by farm owners to make pigs grow fast and lean to earn higher profit regardless of their side effects on consumers’ health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Elephant numbers are falling rapidly in Dak Lak Province and local authorities are struggling to protect the giant animals from the threat of extinction.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government should take measures to reduce the difficulties and risks involved in investing in tourism properties so that the sector can revive, experts have told a conference.

 Argentina is expected to miss a bond interest payment on Monday that will risk sending the country into default.

Over the past two years, 29 households in the apartment block P16A on Thuy Khue Street in Hanoi, have been living in fear due to the construction of a nearby high-rise building, which affected its wall foundation.

 Infants who were bottle fed were more likely to be at risk of developing hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, a form of stomach obstruction, than those who were breastfed,