Doctors at Viet Duc University Hospital have successfully performed the 100th multi-organ transplant from a brain-dead donor, marking a new step forward for the hospital and Vietnam’s health sector, said hospital director Prof. Tran Binh Giang on March 23.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health (MoH) has just issued an official dispatch on suspending the import, distribution, circulation and use of 15 types of medicines produced by Arena Group S.A. of Romania.

Policy advocacy will be promoted, along with efforts to call for financial and human resources for the prevention and control of malaria, parasitic and insect-transmitted diseases to successfully eliminate malaria in Vietnam by 2030, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Health and PATH, a global non-profit organisation on public health, in Hanoi on March 22.

The Ministry of Health reports that the number of dengue fever cases across the nation has increased 2.3 times in the first two months of 2023 compared to the same period last year, with southern and central provinces being hit the hardest.

Vietnam’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,527,146 with seven new cases recorded on March 20, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health has asked the People's Committees of cities and provinces nationwide, the Pasteur Institutes and hygiene and epidemiology institutes to strengthen prevention and control of the Marburg virus disease.

The Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has performed 1,127 kidney transplants since 1992, heard an event held by the medical establishment on March 16.

The Health Ministry’s Department of Health Examination and Treatment Management held a conference in Hanoi on March 13 to review a project on health care and rehabilitation for Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims for 2018-2022.

Vietnam's COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,527,046 with nine new cases recorded on March 13, according to the Ministry of Health.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has set up a plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the city by 2030.

The High Command of Naval Region 4 said on March 11 that the Truong Sa Dong island infirmary in Truong Sa island district, the central province of Khanh Hoa received and performed emergency surgery on a fisherman suffering from accute appendicitis late March 10.

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) held a conference in Hanoi on March 10 to lobby policies in support of midwives in hamlets and villages.

The 2023 Highlights of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Asia-Pacific workshop opened in Hanoi on March 10.

The Ministry of Health and AstraZeneca Vietnam on March 8 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation under which they will work with partners to promote existing and new programmes to improve public awareness of diseases, prevention, and early detection.