In 2024, Vietnam's healthcare sector continued to prioritize a patient-centered approach, aiming to enhance the quality of medical services, while also driving institutional and administrative reforms.
The Hanoi Department of Health has set a goal of achieving a 90% or higher Satisfaction Index of Public Administration Services (SIPAS) regarding medical examination and treatment for 2024.
A ceremony was held on December 27 in Xaysomboun province, Laos, to inaugurate and hand over the upgraded Xaysomboun hospital – a gift from the Government of Vietnam to Laos.
While several services are seeing price increases in line with the Ministry of Health (MoH)’s regulations, a notable decrease in prices has been observed for many technical services, particularly on-demand surgery.
The expansion of remote medical examination and treatment has helped both patients and healthcare workers, especially in mountainous and remote areas, access advanced techniques.
The 15th National Assembly (NA) continued its fourth session on October 24 – the fourth working day, with the draft revised law on medical examination and treatment among issues under consideration.
There will be no increases in prices of medical examination and treatment, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai affirmed while chairing a meeting with leading officials of several ministries and sectors on price management on June 13.
The Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi is allowed to resume providing medical examination and treatment in a new normal from 0am on October 18, according to a dispatch by the Ministry of Health.
Two health experts of Cuba have come to work at the Dong Hoi Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in the central province of Quang Binh, Director of the hospital Duong Thanh Binh said on July 9.
To meet demand for medical examination and treatment, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a circular guiding the building of service fees for on-request services at public health facilities.
Hospital managers, renowned doctors and investors from the Republic of Korea’s Gyeonggi province attended a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 4 to study investment opportunities in the field of health care in the southern economic hub.
More talented and experienced doctors are leaving public hospitals to work in private facilities, raising concerns of a shortage of key doctors in the public sector.
The Ministry of Health has organised an online meeting on accelerating the application of information technology in the management of medical examination and treatment and health insurance payment.
