Hanoi, Feb. 15 -- Vietnam is at elevated risks from infectious diseases, given its location in the hot and humid tropical monsoon region as well as the increasing rate of trade and travel.

Changing weather conditions heighten the risk of disease transmission from circulating diseases such as dengue fever, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, measles...; vaccine-preventable diseases such as pertussis, avian flu, mumps, to newly emerging dangerous diseases imported from abroad such as monkeypox .

According to the Ministry of Health, in 2023, the world continued to record cases of illness and death from diseases transmitted from animals to humans or newly emerging dangerous infectious diseases in many countries. According to the World Health Organ...