Health

The Prime Minister on February 27 issued a Decision approving the Master Plan on the healthcare network for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

The Party and State always place people at the centre of development, and caring for and improving people’s health is one of the important tasks and top priorities of Vietnam’s development policy, President Vo Van Thuong has affirmed.

President Vo Van Thuong emphasised the importance of grassroots health care while visiting some medical facilities in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 25, ahead of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).

Vietnam is confident in realising the goal of eliminating malaria by 2030, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue has urged the medical sector to fully roll out the 12th Party Committee’s Resolution on enhancing people’s healthcare in the new situation so as to improve mental and physical wellbeing, stature, longevity, and life quality of the Vietnamese people.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) recorded 1,269 blood and 359 platelet donors from February 8-14, higher than the previous years.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion has called on people to donate blood from now until the end of Lunar New Year 2024, especially people with blood types O and A, to ensure blood needs for emergency and treatment are met during Tet.

In a historic medical breakthrough, Vietnam witnessed the first successful delivery of a baby over three weeks after having undergone foetal heart surgery.

SARS-CoV-2’s sub-variant JN.1, a variant of concern, has been found in COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Ho Chi Minh City in December 2023, according to Deputy Director of the city Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) Le Hong Nga.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and the France-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( CCIFV ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation in optimising the medical and pharmaceutical systems to care for people's health.

The US Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on January 16 announced training and technical support for Bach Mai Hospital Stroke Centre to improve stroke care in Vietnam and the Mekong sub-region.

An annual programme to provide free medical examination, consultation, and medicine to people in the central province of Quang Ngai was kicked off on January 15.

The Ministry of Health and the People’s Committee of Lao Cai Province on January 13 jointly launched a free medical examination campaign for ethnic minority groups in Lao Cai Province and transfer medical technology for hospitals at district level.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has signed contracts with domestic vaccine producers on the supply of ten types of vaccines used for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI).

A ceremony was held on December 27 in Xaysomboun province, Laos, to inaugurate and hand over the upgraded Xaysomboun hospital – a gift from the Government of Vietnam to Laos.

The Red Sunday 2024 blood donation campaign was launched in Hanoi on December 24, attracting the participation of numerous young people and students from universities across the capital city.

Military Hospital 103 of the Vietnam People's Army and Central Military Hospital 103 of the Lao People's Army joined hands to conduct nine successful kidney transplants from December 31, 2022 to December 15, 2023, heard a ceremony held in Vientiane on December 15.

Australia's government agreed to give 490,600 doses of ‘5 in 1’ vaccine to Vietnam through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The Central Lung Hospital and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on November 30 launched the upgraded Vietnam Tuberculosis (TB) information management electronic system (Vitimes).

A meeting was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong northern port city on November 25 to respond to National Action Month on HIV/AIDs Prevention and Control 2023 and World HIV/AIDS Day (December 1).

The Ministry of Health held a ceremony in Hanoi, on November 24, to present the “For People's Health” Medal to Professor Dr. Oka Shinichithe, the Chief Advisor of the JICA SATREPS project.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control Fund under the Ministry of Health co-organised a conference in Hanoi on November 23 to promote the communications work in the fight against tobacco.

An international seminar on the comprehensive management of cleft lip-palate and congenital maxillofacial deformities was held in Hanoi on November 22.

The 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (AP11), themed “Asia-Pacific: Preparedness for Disasters”, took place in Hanoi on November 21.

With valuable scientific research and experience shared at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023 that took place in Paris on November 15-18, Vietnam demonstrated its strong commitment to tuberculosis (TB) prevention, according to Director of the National Lung Hospital Dinh Van Luong.

Medical Innovation Network was launched by the Vietnam Young Physicians Association, the Ho Chi Minh City Young Physicians Association, and AstraZeneca Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11.

The second national fair of medicinal herbs and traditional medicine is scheduled to take place at the National Convention Centre on December 23, showcasing 300 booths by domestic and foreign enterprises.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 14 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with AstraZeneca Vietnam Co. Ltd. on cooperation in innovation in the healthcare sector.

An international conference on digital healthcare is taking place in Hanoi with a view to enhancing Vietnam - Australia cooperation in the health system development and health security.

Medicine prices in Vietnam are in the lower range compared to those in other countries in the region, heard the Asian Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences (AFPS) Conference 2023 that is taking place in Hanoi from November 8-10.