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Photo for illustration only. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Sang Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam welcomed 19,062 babies during the Tết ( Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holidays, reported the Vietnam News Agency. The information was released by Lương Ngọc Khuê, head of the Department of Medical Examination Management under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, based on data collected from 1,300 hospitals and 63 provincial health departments across the country. According to the data, from February 14 to 20, 14,079 surgeries were performed, which includes 405 cases of traumatic brain injury, while 103,545 patients were discharged from hospitals. Till 7am on Tuesday, 37,376 emergencies due to road accidents were recorded. This year, 168 people were killed in road accidents compared to 175 deaths last Tết . Petard explosions caused 197 accidents, especially on the last and first day of the L unar New … [Read more...] about More than 19,000 babies born during Tết

Children and their parents attend the ceremony celebration of 1,000 babies being born with in-vitro fertilisation in the Huế Central General Hospital. — VNA/VNS Photo Mai Trang Viet Nam News THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — A total of 1,000 babies have been born by the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) method at Huế Central General Hospital, associate professor Nguyễn Duy Thăng, deputy director of the hospital, said. The first six babies were born in July 2008, marking the success of this treatment at the hospital. Since then, the hospital had applied different important techniques to the treatment, Thăng said. The rate of success of IVF at the hospital is some 35-40 per cent. Legal regulations on surrogacy were approved in 2015, allowing three hospitals in the country to use the method, including Huế Central General Hospital. The first baby born via surrogacy was delivered on July 28, 2016, and weighed 3.5kg. Subsequently, three more babies were born in healthy condition via … [Read more...] about 1,000 babies born by IVF at Huế Hospital

Doctors at the Bắc Ninh Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital congratulate the family of the first baby born via in-vitro fertilization in the province. — Photo baobacninh.com.vn Viet Nam News BẮC NINH — The first baby conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in this northern province was born on Monday at the Bắc Ninh Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital , hospital director Lê Văn Nam said. The baby, who was born after 39 weeks, weighs 3.2kg. The girl is the first child of Nguyễn Đình Long and Hoàng Thị Huyền. Huyền became pregnant through intrauterine insemination (IUI) -- a fertility treatment that involves injecting sperm inside a woman’s uterus to facilitate fertilisation. This is one of the complicated techniques that a few provincial can perform. The birth of this child raises hopes for thousands of other married couples who are unable to conceive. The hospital began operations last July. As of May this year, the hospital has conducted IUI … [Read more...] about In-vitro fertilised baby born in Bắc Ninh

More than 300 healthy babies were born using the IVF method at the Vinmec International Hospital’s Reproductive Technology Centre over the past three years.— VNS Photo Thanh Hải Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Vinmec International Hospital’s Reproductive Technology Centre received over 25,000 infertile couples, of which 1,200 were provided in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) services since the centre opened in November 2014. More than 300 healthy babies were born using the IVF method at the centre over the past three years. The result has raised the clinic’s success rate to 42.1 per cent, equivalent to leading fertility centres in Việt Nam, as well as in developed countries across the world, such as Australia and the United States, according to the centre director, Prof. Tô Minh Hương. “We have applied a lot of advanced measures to increase our success rate, such as assisted hatching of embryos, selection of good blastocysts, application of the five-day blastocyst transfer method or … [Read more...] about Over 300 healthy babies born with IVF method

Việt Nam’s headline inflation rate increased by 1.69 per cent in the first quarter of this year, putting pressure on the new Government to curb the rate going forward. — Photo vov.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s headline inflation rate increased by 1.69 per cent in the first quarter of this year, putting pressure on the new Government to curb the rate going forward, according to a quarterly report on macroeconomic growth. The report, conducted by a group of researchers from the Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR), was discussed during a launching ceremony in Hà Nội on Tuesday. The Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade supported the research. Việt Nam’s inflation rate hike in the first three months of 2016 was attributed to increasing fees for medical services and education, and the recovery of commodity and service prices in the world. New developments in the global economy, along with domestic changes, make it a … [Read more...] about VN’s headline inflation rises in first quarter

Việt Nam’s first set of surrogate twins were born on Wednesday at Từ Dũ Obstetrics Hospital in HCM City , weighing 2.15 kilogrammes and 1.9 kilogrammes. The twins’ parents are a married couple from the central province of Khánh Hoà. The surrogate mother is a relative of the couple, a requirement stipulated by law. As of January 2016, the hospital had received 33 applications for surrogacy. Of these, 19 were approved. 16 of them have undergone the procedure. Từ Dũ Hospital is one of three hospitals in Việt Nam that is allowed to conduct the procedure, under a Government decree issued in January 2015. — VNA/VNS Photo Phương Vy … [Read more...] about Country’s first surrogate set of twins born