Da Nang's Children Assistance Centre, in co-operation with local health officials, yesterday gave free medical check-ups to more than 200 poor and homeless children, as part of the activities to honour the Month for Children between May 15 and June 30.

The Phu Tho Provincial Health Department and the Sustainable Health Development Centre (VietHealth) has jointly carried out a programme to survey and assess the demand for training communal health workers in Thanh Thuy district of the northern midland province of Phu Tho.

Thousands of children in Hanoi have been hospitalised as a result of unseasonable weather.

The closing conference of Program Enhancing dissemination of personal hygiene and health protection for pre-school children in 2009 recently took place in Thua Thien - Hue province.

A group of doctors from the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics have instituted a new project that uses modern technology to treat children with clubfoot.

An official from the HCM City Department of Social, War Invalids and Social Affairs admitted to Tuoi Tre newspaper that child labor is a problem in some districts in HCM City, particularly Tan Phu, where many children must work 10-14 hours per day.