Health

Politburo Resolution No. 72-NQ/TW, issued on September 9, 2025, sets out the goal of developing a modern, equitable, high-quality, efficient, and internationally integrated healthcare system. Achieving this objective will require a broad range of measures, including investment in specialised medical centres alongside improvements across the healthcare system, as well as greater application of science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, and international cooperation.

The Ha Noi Department of Health, in collaboration with the Vinmec Healthcare System, announced the successful completion of two-way remote robotic surgeries on August 3, with a network between Ha Noi and Can Tho enabling two hospitals, located more than 1,700 kilometres apart, to alternate as both the remote command centre and the site where the patient undergoes surgery.

The Da Nang Oncology Hospital has successfully treated a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) carrying both EGFR and ALK gene mutations simultaneously – an exceptionally rare condition in both medical literature and clinical practice.

The International inter-hospital scientific conference 2026, held under the theme "Evidence-based medicine from multidimensional perspectives", opened at the Ariyana International Convention Centre in Da Nang on the morning of August 1, attracting more than 800 delegates from Viet Nam and overseas.

The Viet Nam Social Security (VSS) held a nationwide online conference on July 30 to review the implementation of health insurance policies during the first half of 2026 and outline measures to control healthcare expenditure in the remaining six months of the year.

The Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms is currently being amended and supplemented to establish robust legal safeguards to protect future generations from the escalating risks posed by tobacco and nicotine-containing products.

In the coming period, an advanced medical centre must do more than treat the most complex cases; it must also fulfil the mission of generating new knowledge, training highly skilled physicians, and disseminating professional expertise throughout the healthcare system. This is also the path towards building a modern, humane, self-reliant, and internationally integrated healthcare system in Viet Nam for the health and well-being of the people.

Hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are providing free health checkups, medicines and counselling services for policy beneficiary families, people who rendered service to the nation and residents in former revolutionary bases to commemorate the 79th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27, 1947–2026).

Dr. Ha Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of the National Medical Council and Director General of the Medical Services Administration, witnessed the signing ceremony of comprehensive professional cooperation agreements between Phu Quoc Sun Group International Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital, and Military Hospital 175 in the Phu Quoc Special Zone on July 25.

On July 25, the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, in coordination with Military Hospital 7A, launched a programme to provide free medical check‑ups for people in former revolutionary base areas.

In commemoration of the 79th Anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day, K Hospital, in collaboration with the Bright Tomorrow Patient Support Fund, organised a meeting to visit, present gifts to, and express gratitude to patients and healthcare workers who are war invalids, sick soldiers, and family members of martyrs.

According to the municipal Department of Health, as of July 20, a total of 732,873 residents had undergone periodic check-ups and had electronic health records established. The figure reflects encouraging initial results from the citywide campaign launched by the department and underscores local authorities' commitment to implementing one of the largest community healthcare programmes ever undertaken in the southern metropolis.

In commemoration of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2026), Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital is implementing a programme to provide free cataract surgery for 40 people from families entitled to preferential policies, with the message of “Bright Eyes – Complete Gratitude.”

On July 17, in commemoration of the 79th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2026), the University Medical Centre, Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi, Linh Dam campus, in coordination with the People’s Committee of Hoang Liet Ward (Ha Noi), organised a healthcare programme and presented gifts to war invalids, relatives of martyrs, and people with meritorious contributions to the revolution.

The most critically injured survivor of the speedboat capsize off Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of An Giang was transferred to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of July 13 after doctors had temporarily stabilised his condition.

Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has sent a specialised medical team and advanced life-support equipment to the Phu Quoc Special Zone in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to assist in treating victims of the deadly speedboat capsize off the island on July 11.

Vietnamese leaders have sent messages of condolences to Indian leaders upon learning that a tourist boat capsized in bad weather in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 11, resulting in heavy casualties among Indian tourists.

Viet Nam is currently benefiting from a demographic dividend, with nearly 70 million people of working age. However, declining fertility, rapid population ageing and a persistent imbalance in the sex ratio at birth are creating an urgent need for more effective population and development policies, officials said at a ceremony marking World Population Day 2026 on July 10.

Under the agreement, Sanofi will transfer technology to VNVC to manufacture selected high-demand vaccines for children and adults at VNVC Vaccine and Bioproduct Plant. The first next-generation vaccines produced in Viet Nam are expected to roll off production lines in 2028.

The PM stressed that throughout the country’s development process, people have consistently been regarded as the centre, the driving force, the objective and the most important resource for national development. Sustainable and rapid development requires not only a healthy, knowledgeable and skilled population but also a modern, equitable, efficient, sustainable and accessible healthcare system.