Hanoi’s healthcare system needs thorough plans for infrastructure and human resources, or it will lag behind other modernised cities, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Chung said.

A health care data portal and an information system for health insurance eligibility verification were launched on June 29, a move to computerise the medical sector in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Social Insurance Agency (VSIA) has to take full responsibility for expanding health insurance coverage, which is targeted to at least 90 percent of the country’s population by 2020.

A health partnership meeting on the harmonisation of development partners and international non-governmental organisations (INGO) support for 2016-2020 opened in Hanoi on June 28.

HCM City-based FV Hospital is offering check-ups and treatment to nearly 900 cancer patients who hold national health insurance cards in order to ease the burden on the public hospital system.

People with HIV and AIDS are expecting medical costs to soar when international health aid is cut off next year, participants at a policy dialogue said on June 27.

Hospital infection control and prevention is a major challenge facing Vietnam’s health sector despite its important role in providing successful treatment to patients.

A delegation from the National Hospital of Acupuncture (NHA) paid a working visit to Mexico from June 18-24 to seek the possibility of expanding cooperation in this traditional medical treatment.

Over 800 Yoga students from Hanoi participated in a two-hour demonstration under the instruction of Indian masters at the Quan Ngua Stadium in Hanoi on June 26 to mark the International Day of Yoga.

As many as 18 communes in Central Highlands provinces have no medical stations, while 402 others have stations that are seriously degraded.

A national conference on anesthesia and resuscitation was opened in the central province of Binh Dinh on June 23.

Over two million people in Ho Chi Minh City are expected to benefit from a project for a healthy heart which was launched in the city on June 22.

The Vietnam Information and Communication Technologies Outlook held in HCM City on June 24 will discuss the application of IT in healthcare and the latest trends in IT solutions in the sector.

Bui Chi Bao, a lecturer at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City, is participating in an international congress on cancer in the Australian State of Queensland from June 19-23.