Nearly 100 employees of Dechang Vietnam Co., Ltd, based in Giang Dien Industrial Park in Dong Nai Province, were hospitalized over suspected food poisoning.

Tightening the management of food safety, especially where products are sourced, must be implemented more rigorously, health experts have said.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has ordered the immediate closure of the kitchen at Shinwon Ebenezer Vietnam Limited Company in Vĩnh Phúc Province after 350 employees were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning.

The People's Committee of Long Khanh City, Dong Nai, announced on Tuesday that they have transferred the case files of a recent food poisoning incident to the investigative police agency for investigation.

As of 7am on Friday, hospitals in Long Khanh City had admitted 469 suspected food poisoning cases linked to the consumption of bread from the Bang bread shop in Xuan Binh Ward, Long Khanh City.

About 300 people in Long Khanh City in the southern province of Dong Nai have been hospitalized after consuming banh mi (Vietnamese  sandwich made with meats, cha lua (pork roll) and pickled or fresh vegetables) from a local shop.

Finding results as soon and accurately as possible often puts pressure on examiners inspecting food poisoning cases. Their findings help doctors give early warnings to the community.

The fifth-grader who died was a pupil at Vĩnh Tường Primary School in the coastal south-central province of Khánh Hòa.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has just requested local schools to warn parents and students not to eat food of unknown origin.

The Vietnam Food Administration ordered to trace of dairy product origin after two deaths, and one hospitalization.

Medical senior experts in food poisoning pointed out that bacterial infection was the culprit of the poisoning incident which killed a 6-year-old girl.

A six-year-old girl has died after reportedly eating mooncake given during a Mid-Autumn Festival event.

A temporary closure of 3-5 months has been proposed for a famous banh mi sandwich shop in Hoi An City after its products poisoned hundreds of customers.

The owner of Banh Mi Phuong in Hoi An of Quang Nam Province has sent a heartfelt letter to clients who suffered from food poisoning after eating her sandwiches.

Mai Van Muoi, director of the provincial Department of Health, said the total number of people hospitalized was 91 cases, including 34 foreign tourists.

After eating the fruit, all of the children showed signs of dizziness, headache, stomach ache and nausea.

More than 70 children aged from three to five from a preschool in the central province of Nghe An were rushed to hospitals after eating a snack on the evening of May 9.

Three seriously ill patients are requiring mechanical ventilation while one is in critical condition after eating pickled carp. Prior, one poisoned patient died, said Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital yesterday.

ISchool Nha Trang reopened on Monday morning, a week after a mass food poisoning case left one student dead and hundreds of students and teachers hospitalised.