The vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) AVAC ASF LIVE developed and produced by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd. is expected to be distributed nationwide from February this year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has demanded enhancing the detection, reception, management, and treatment of COVID-19 cases as the pandemic remains complex around the world.

Vietnam's COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,526,461 with 53 new cases recorded on January 30, according to the Ministry of Health.

A project on the research and application of advanced techniques in respiratory disease diagnosis and treatment has received the Ho Chi Minh award. The project was carried out by associate professor Nguyen Viet Nhung, director of the National Lung Hospital and 22 co-authors.

A project on the research and application of advanced technologies in diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases in Vietnam, which was carried out by a group of Vietnamese scientists and helped save thousands of patients from Tuberculosis (TB), has been honoured with the Ho Chi Minh Awards in Science and Technology.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has freshly held a COVID-19 pandemic scenario exercise to get the system prepared in case of a hike of infections to be caused by a new sub-variant of the Omicron strain in the upcoming Lunar New Year festival (Tet), the biggest and longest traditional event in Vietnam.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a catalyst for speeding up the digital transformation in the health sector, according to experts.

Hanoi aims to have doctors at all healthcare stations by 2025, according to a human resources development plan for the 2022-2025 period issued by the municipal People’s Committee.

Vietnam lifted the requirement for medical tests at border gates long ago and it is now in control of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, other countries are detecting complicated mutations and rising case numbers and hospitalisations.

Although Vietnam has stopped COVID-19 testing at border gates and shown strong performance in controlling the pandemic, experts held that the country should still stay vigilant against COVID-19 as the pandemic situation has been tense in many countries with the appearance of many new sub-variants.

Ho Chi Minh City targets to reduce the rate of hepatitis B virus infection in children under five years old to less than 0.5%, and prevent mother-to-child transmission of the hepatitis B virus by 2050.

Vietnam recorded 71 new COVID-19 cases on January 9, according to the Ministry of Health.

Ho Chi Minh City is striving to become a centre of medical care for the ASEAN region, a leader of the city’s Department of Health said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a dispatch directing ministers, heads of ministerial-level and State agencies, and chairmen of People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to strengthen measures to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival and the festive season of 2023.