To document the viral zoonotic risks in Vietnam, fecal samples were systematically collected from a number of mammals in southern Vietnam and subjected to agnostic deep sequencing. We describe here novel Vietnamese bunyavirus sequences detected in bat feces. The complete L and S segments from 14 viruses were determined.

Nguyen Huu Tung1,4, Hiromitsu Tanaka1, Akira Tsujimura2, Yasushi Miyagawa3, Morimasa Wada1, Shunsuke Fujii1, Takuhiro Uto1 and Yukihiro Shoyama1* 1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, 2825-7 Huis Ten Bosch, Sasebo, Nagasaki 859-3298, Japan 2Department of Urology, Juntendo University Hospital, Japan 3Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Univ...

This paper evaluates the impact of global external rebalancing on Developing Asia and the rest of the world using a multi-country multi-sector quantitative model of production and trade. Developing Asia countries currently running a trade surplus (such as People’s Republic of China or Malaysia) see a substantial rise in relative wages and an appreciation in the real exchange rate. They also see...

A broad array of HPAI control measures are being considered for the poultry sector in Viet Nam. Because the poor are highly represented in this country’s poultry production, any national strategy for intervention in this sector needs to take careful account of their welfare. The following figure shows that income from poultry production has an important equity effect in the Vietnamese economy, ...

Viet Nam’s landscape is constantly changing as land use changes. Sometimes the resources base benefits where forests are protected and allowed to regenerate naturally, bare land is reforested, or where swidden land is converted to more intensive agriculture. Sometimes resources are lost where forests are exploited for timber, cleared for agricultural or grazing, or burnt by spreading wildfires.

BACKGROUND: In Viet Nam, most of the public health staff (84%) currently works in rural areas, where 80% of the people live. To provide good quality health care services, it is important to develop strategies influencing staff motivation for better performance. METHOD: An exploratory qualitative research was carried out among health workers in two provinces in North Viet Nam so as to identify e...

Department of Mechanics of Materials, School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No. 1, Dai Co Viet Road, Hanoi, Viet Nam b International Research Center for Computational Materials Science, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No. 1, Dai Co Viet Road, Hanoi, Viet Nam Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, M/C 0219, Virginia Polytechnic Instit...

Dengue is the most important arboviral disease of humans and has emerged as a global public health problem. The dengue case burden, and the number of countries reporting outbreaks, has increased 10-fold in the last 30 years. The rapidly urbanising developing and middle-income countries of Asia and the Americas are most affected. Disease prevention relies, mostly unsuccessfully, on control of th...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and Viet Nam ranks 12 among the 22 high-TB burden countries. This study analyses surveillance data of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme in Viet Nam for the six-year period 2007 to 2012. During the study period, 598,877 TB cases (all forms) were notified, and 313,225 (52.3%) were new smear-positive cases. The case noti...

The first record of the genus Semia Matsumura (Cicadidae: Cicadinae, Cicadini) from Vietnam is presented. One new species, Semia spinosasp. n., is described from southern Vietnam. Photos of the adult, illustrations of the male genitalia, a distribution map and biological data are provided. A key to the species of Semia based on the male adults is also given.