A canine fluke cyst big as a ping pong ball was found in the heart muscle of a 75-year-old woman. This is the second case of heart fluke reported in Vietnam.

A report from the ministry’s infectious disease surveillance system showed that in the first months of this year, a number of Streptococcus infections were recorded across the nation.

Hanoi's Center for Disease Control announced on March 2 that the capital has recorded its first human case of Streptococcus suis, a kind of bacteria that comes from pigs, this year.

After an accident, Ms. Nguyen Thi D suffered from an odd disease – her set of teeth stuck together and she could not open the mouth. For nearly 30 years, she could not eat like normal people.

After treatment of aging in Taiwan last year, the health of 29-year-old woman from Hoi An town - Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai – was better and she looked younger. But for the last one month, her health has declined and her skin has been itchy again.