Vietnam position worsens on global cancer map: report By Nguyen Quy  January 17, 2021 | 05:54 pm GMT+7 People drink beer in a restaurant in Hanoi. Photo by Reuters. Vietnam had the world’s 92nd highest cancer rate out of 185 countries and territories in 2020, up seven places from 2018, a report says. The cancer rate in Vietnam in 2020 was 159.7 per 100,000, placing it 16th in Asia, according to the biannual ranking released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In 2018, Vietnam’s cancer rate was ranked 99th out of 185 countries and territories with a rate of 15...