The documents of the 14th National Party Congress clearly set out the requirement to effectively implement the National Target Programme on Healthcare, Population and Development, ensuring that all citizens have access to quality primary healthcare services and receive free health check-ups at least once a year.

Party General Secretary To Lam has recently signed the Politburo’s Resolution No.72-NQ/TW, setting out groundbreaking measures to strengthen the protection, care, and improvement of the people’s health.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has reiterated Vietnam's consistent stance that protecting the living environment and people's health is always the top goal, without sacrificing the environment for economic growth, in response to the information that some US congressmen sent a letter of protest to the Taiwanese (China) authorities saying Vietnam's handling of the Formosa case was not satisfactory.