Target Capture Reveals the Complex Origin of Vietnamese Ginseng.

The global market of the medicinal plant ginseng is worth billions of dollars. Many ginseng species are threatened in the wild and effective sustainable development initiatives are necessary to preserve biodiversity at species and genetic level whilst meeting the demand for medicinal produce. This is also the case of Ha & Grushv.

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is common in Hanoi, Vietnam: Asthma probably underdiagnosed.

Background: Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is a key pathophysiological feature of asthma. Methacholine challenge test (MCT) is a common bronchoprovocation test useful for confirming a diagnosis of asthma. Studies of BHR in the general population of Asian countries are rare.

Increase in asthma and a high prevalence of bronchitis: results from a population study among adults in urban and rural Vietnam.

Background: While a large amount of data about the epidemiology of asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis and respiratory symptoms are available from developed countries, the information about these diseases in developing countries in south-east Asia are scarce.

Aim: Assess the prevalence of respiratory diseases and symptoms and their relation with demographic data including smoking habits among adults in rural and urban Vietnam.

Methods: A random sample of subjects aged 21-70 years were invited; 3008 subjects living in an inner city area of Hanoi and 4000 in a rural area of Bavi in northern Vietnam.