Ten Owston’s palm civets were born at the Cuc Phuong National Park in the north of Vietnam under a captive breeding programme jointly implemented by the park and Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW), the SVW said on June 18.

Singapore has asked Cordlife, one of Asia's largest stem cell bank providers, to tighten supervision of its processes after improper handling ruined thousands of samples, an official has said.

Thailand's Public Health Ministry on November 16 launched a "Give Birth, Great World" campaign to encourage couples to have babies and boost the nation's worryingly low birth rate.

Three babies conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the northern province of Thai Nguyen were born on December 4, Hospital A’s director Do Minh Thinh said.

The Thai health ministry said on October 3 that it is considering providing free-of-charge tests for all pregnant women for Zika.

The Health Ministry of Malaysia confirmed on September 3 the first locally-transmitted Zika infection case.