The Ho Chi Minh City will spend 700 billion VND (28.6 million USD) on building the second blood bank as the city's first establishment, located at the Blood Transfusion and Hematology Hospital, has become overloaded.

Provinces and cities are striving to control the seasonal diseases, including digestive, respiratory, hand-foot-mouth disease, pink eye (conjunctivitis) and dengue fever.

The Department of Medical Examination and Treatment has instructed units to train and reiterate the diphtheria diagnosis and treatment guidelines.

The capital of Hanoi has become a hot spot for dengue fever, with 2,000 cases detected last week, representing a two-fold increase compared to the previous weeks.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health informed that enterovirus and adenovirus were identified to cause pink eye in the city.