AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam had 90.9 thousand households suffering from food shortage in five beginning months of 2018, a decrease of 34.9% from the same period last year, corresponding to 361.3 thousand persons suffering from food shortage, a decline of 37.1%, according to the General Statistics Office.

To overcome this problem, from the beginning of the year, all administrative levels, sectors and organizations from central to local level supported difficult households with 6.7 thousand tons of grain.
Epidemic diseases and food poisoning
Generally, in the first five months of the year, the whole country had 10.6 thousand cases of hand, foot, mouth disease; 17.6 thousand cases of hemorrhagic fever (4 cases died); 215 cases of typhoid; 196 cases of virus encephalitis (2 cases died); 146 cases of whooping cough; 14 cases of meningococcal disease; 37 human cases of streptococcus suis infection (3 cases died); and 21 cases died of rabies and 923 persons suffering from food poisoning (6 persons died).
Total number of alive HIV-infected persons over the country as of May 15, 2018 was 209.9 thousand persons and 91.2 thousand cases turned to AIDS. The number of persons died of HIV/AIDS nationwide as of above time-point was 96.6 thousand persons.
Traffic accidents
Generally, in the first five months of 2018, 7490 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, including 3882 traffic accidents of less serious or more and 3608 traffic crashes, making 3476 persons died, 1988 ones injured and 3774 ones slightly injured. Compared with the same period last year, the number of traffic accidents in five beginning months of this year decreased by 6.7% (the number of traffic accidents from less serious and over went down by 4.3%, the number of traffic crashes fell by 9.1%); number of dead declined by 0.4%; the number of injured people increased by 0.3% and the number of minor injuries reduced by 18%. On an average, each day in the first five months of the year, the whole country had 50 traffic accidents, including 26 traffic accidents of less serious or more and 24 traffic crashes, making 23 persons died, 13 ones injured and 25 ones slightly injured.
Damages caused by natural calamity
Generally, in the first five months of the year, natural calamity made 13 persons died and 21 persons injured; nearly 11000 houses collapsed, landslided, roof blown away; 6100 hectares of rice and crops damaged; 8200 heads of cattle and 3500 fowls died. Total value of damage in five months was estimated to be more than 544 billion dongs.
Environment protection, fire and explosion prevention
Generally, in the first five months of the year, 6081 cases of violating regulations of environment protection were found over the country, of which 5647 cases were treated with total fine of over 79 billion dongs.
Generally, in five beginning months of this year, the whole country had 1762 cases of fire and explosion, killing 63 persons and injuring 154 others, the value of damage was estimated at about 1154 billion dongs.
Source: General Statistics office