Health

Thanks to the efforts of medical staff across the country, the protection of maternal and child health care and reproductive health has achieved encouraging results.

The Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine reported on February 5 that Vietnam’s event-based surveillance system has recorded information about the seasonal flu outbreak in Japan.

In recent years, the community has been deeply moved by the noble acts of many families who have overcome grief and cultural beliefs to agree to donate the organs of their brain-dead relatives. This invaluable gift has saved the lives of patients in need and spread the message that giving is an eternal investment.

A large-scale vaccine factory in Vietnam will be built using the world's leading modern technology combined with the Net Zero goal.

The Ministry of Health has recommended the public to regularly update official information related to pneumonia caused by the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) to avoid undue panic, but at the same time, take precautions as per the ministry's guidelines.

Dozens of organ and tissue donation advocacy groups have been established, with strong participation of both public and private healthcare facilities, helping to significantly lift the number of individuals registering for posthumous organ and tissue donation, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 7.

Over its nearly 20 years of operation, the One Health Partnership Framework on preventing diseases transmitted from animals to humans has continuously improved its coordination and management methods. Its core focus on multi-sectoral collaboration and multilateral cooperation has attracted increasing interest and participation from stakeholders, thereby promoting the effectiveness of disease prevention efforts.

According to the Ministry of Health’s Drug Administration of Vietnam, domestic pharmaceutical products currently account for 70% of the quantity used but only contribute 45-50% in value. The recently revised Pharmaceutical Law, approved during the 15th National Assembly’s 8th session, aims to foster innovation in high-tech pharmaceutical formulations, enhancing patient access to advanced treatment options.

The health facility network planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, has identified the goal of developing a health facility network in the direction of equity, efficiency, development and international integration. Accordingly, developing a system of modern medical examination and treatment facilities on par with other countries.

The Ministry of Health in coordination with the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Association for Organ and Tissue Donation organise a programme to call for donation tissues and organs on December 30.

After nearly two years of operation, the radiopharmaceutical production line at the Hanoi Irradiation Centre (under the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute) has successfully met the demands of major hospitals in Hanoi for cancer diagnostics. The centre is also advancing its research into new radiopharmaceuticals, aiming to develop drugs capable of both diagnosing and treating cancer.

The Ministry of Health has reported on a mysterious disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has caused numerous fatalities.

More than 1,000 people joined a walk in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30 to raise public awareness of stroke.

The Ministry of Health organised a meeting to mark World AIDS Day (December 1), in Hanoi, on November 29.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 14 urged ministries, agencies and localities to strengthen measles prevention and control measures, given an uptrend recorded in several localities.

The second Medicinal Materials, Traditional Medicine and Medicinal Products Fair (VIETRAMED EXPO) 2024 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from November 21 to 23, gathering more than 300 Vietnamese and foreign businesses.

Twenty-one doctors, medical staff and interpreters from the Republic of Korea (RoK) – Vietnam Exchange and Development Committee organised a voluntary medical programme in Thanh Hoa city, the north central province of the same name on October 26.

With a population of more than 100 million and a total drug consumption of more than 8 billion USD in 2023, the Vietnamese pharmaceutical market is quite attractive and has a lot of potential for production and business activities.

More than 600 disadvantaged and vulnerable women were screened for breast and cervical cancer for free at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital on October 19 as part of the social security programme “Touch of sharing - Giving hope”.

For the first time in Vietnam, doctors at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital in Hanoi successfully performed a simultaneous heart-liver transplant from a brain-dead donor. The success of this surgery not only saved the patient who was in critical condition but also showcased the skills of the medical team and marked another proud achievement in Vietnamese medicine.

On the morning of October 9, the Hanoi government held a ceremony to inaugurate a paediatric hospital on the 70th anniversary of the capital city's liberation.

Doctors of the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital have successfully performed the first heart-liver transplant on a single patient.

Ho Chi Minh City is calling for more investments from different economic sectors in its healthcare sector to soon become a medical hub in ASEAN, local health officials said on October 4.

A working group from the Ministry of Health, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Young Physicians Association, the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management, and the Health and Life Newspaper coordinated with several units to organise a program to examine, distribute free medicine, and present gifts to people in Muong Chieng Commune, one of the communes heavily affected by Typhoon Yagi in Da Bac District, Hoa Binh Province on September 26.

In recent times, the healthcare sector in Hung Yen Province has continued to achieve positive results in disease prevention and control, medical examinations and treatments, and the development of new and advanced medical techniques, as well as in implementing national health target programmes. These achievements have contributed to improving public health care and protection effectiveness.

The Department of Population, under the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration in Vietnam, organised a workshop on "Migration and Health of Internal Migrants" in Hanoi, on September 24.

The National Traffic Safety Committee in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training and Honda Vietnam Company organised a programme to provide helmets for first grade students nationwide in the 2024-2025 school year.

The dengue vaccine was officially given to Vietnamese people on September 20.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Vu Ho joined the RoK’s Minister of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Startups Oh Young-joo and German Ambassador Wilfried Schmidt in a visit to Kyungdong, a traditional market in downtown Seoul, on September 13.

An event entitled "Study in Thailand Business Matching & Expo" was held by the Thai Trade Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13, aiming at fostering cooperation between the two nations in human resources training for socio-economic sectors.