The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) under the Ministry of Health has urged localities to step up polio vaccinations to prevent viral diseases in children born in 2021 and 2022.

The Korean Medical Devices Industry Association (KMDIA) and the Korea International Exhibition Centre (KINTEX) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) plan to hold the K-Med Expo Vietnam 2023, a medical equipment exhibition, in Ho Chi Minh City from June 15-17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 11 suggested the Ministry of Health (MoH) assign capable medical facilities to build medicine centres in six socio-economic regions nationwide, which will serve others when needed.

As part of the country’s ongoing effort in digital transformation, telehealth platforms have been increasingly integrated into the operations of hospitals, especially after the health ministry’s call to apply the tool in all public health facilities within 2023.

FV Hospital – the first international one in Vietnam - has been urged to continue providing high-quality medical services for not only local patients but also foreigners who are living and working in Ho Chi Minh City, said Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Medical Examination and Treatment Department at the celebration of 20th anniversary of the hospital on April 9.

The Health Ministry, in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Vietnam Youth Federation, the Vietnam Young Physicians' Association, and the representative office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam, held a meeting in Hanoi on April 8 in response to the 2023 World Health Day themed “Health for all”.

Moving toward the goal of universal health care coverage by 2030, the Vietnamese Party and State have for years put the protection of and care for people’s health at the top, and the focus is bringing about encouraging results.

Usually, people infected with influenza A/H1N1 will clear up in less than a week, but there is still a high risk of serious complications.

Basic health indexes of Vietnamese people have improved remarkably after 20 years. For example, the average life expectancy increased from 71.3 in 2002 to 73.6 in 2022, higher than the global average of 73 and many countries with similar per capita income level.

The Ministry of Health and the World Bank in Vietnam held a workshop in Hanoi on March 27 to discuss the orientations for developing grassroots healthcare in the new context.

Cuba and Ho Chi Minh City are cooperating to improve the quality of community healthcare.

Vietnam recorded 64 COVID-19 cases in the week from March 21-25, raising the total number of cases from the start of the pandemic to 11,527,203.

Since 2006, the Ministry of Health has carried out prenatal and newborn screening, diagnosis, and treatment of some diseases and disorders to help reduce costs and improve the health of the future population.

As prenatal and newborn screening can reduce abnormalities by 95%, ensuring the health of infants, Vietnam is focusing on improving screening technologies to world standards, dedicated to improving the quality of health in the country’s population.