Health - Hai Phong

Medical workers of the Vietnam National Institute of Maritime Medicine gives treatment to a patient using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. (Photo: VNA)

Hai Phong advances specialised health care for coastal, insular communities

18/04/2026 11:50

Hai Phong authorities consistently recognise the role of central-level healthcare institutions, including VINIMAM, which plays a particularly important role in providing health care for fishermen and residents in coastal and insular areas.

Authorities urgently tracing contacts of new COVID-19 patients

26/03/2021 11:59

COVID-19 vaccinations underway in Hai Phong, Bac Ninh

11/03/2021 17:47

Hai Phong traces people related to new COVID-19 patients

11/03/2021 09:20

The northern city of Hai Phong is promptly tracing people who had close contact with two local residents who were tested positive to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 when arriving in Australia.

Hanoi, Hai Phong intensify COVID-19 prevention measures

07/01/2021 11:05

Hanoi authorities have issued an urgent dispatch on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control, while the northern port city of Hai Phong has held a meeting for the same purpose.

Close contacts of Vietnamese COVID-19 patients in RoK quarantined

26/08/2020 14:45

Authorities of northern Ha Nam province and Hai Phong city are tracing and quarantining close contacts of two men who tested positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 after arriving in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Binh Dinh, Hai Phong send medical staff to help Da Nang fight COVID-19

05/08/2020 15:48

Vice Chairman of the Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tuan Thanh has said that a working delegation of medical staff will head to the central city of Da Nang on August 6 to help it fight COVID-19.

Hai Phong medical workers join voluntary blood donation

17/04/2020 09:29

As many as 430 doctors and medical workers in the northern city of Hai Phong took part in a blood donation programme on April 16 at the Viet-Tiep Friendship Hospital, the leading hospital in the city.

COVID-19: Hai Phong sprays disinfectant over entire city

27/03/2020 18:45

The northern port city of Hai Phong will spray disinfectant over entire city two to three times a week during a period of 15 days, starting March 27, in an effort to cope with new developments in the COVID-19 epidemic in the country.

Hai Phong plans to spend 1 trillion VND on COVID-19 combat

12/03/2020 21:04

The northern port city of Hai Phong plans to spend 1 trillion VND (43 million USD) to tackle the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, with a scenario of 1,000 confirmed infection cases.

Hai Phong mulls quarantining high-risk localities

07/03/2020 16:34

Leading officials of the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 7 agreed to consider quarantining the whole Phu Luu village in Thuy Nguyen district’s Phu Ninh commune and Tan Lap residential area in Duong Kinh district’s Tan Thanh ward, as they are localities with high risks of the epidemic of the acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Chinese firms in Hai Phong requested to actively fight nCoV

31/01/2020 18:29

The People’s Committee of northern Hai Phong city on January 31 asked Chinese businesses using labourers from China to pay special attention to the fight against the nCoV.

Hai Phong steps up healthcare cooperation with China’s Yunnan

29/05/2019 19:36

The northern port city of Hai Phong joined hands with China’s Yunnan province to provide free eye examinations and cataract operations for 70 patients at the Viet-Tiep Friendship Hospital in the Vietnamese city on May 29.

Hai Phong city takes action to control African swine fever

24/02/2019 17:18

The northern port city of Hai Phong is stepping up solutions to control African swine fever (ASF), the municipal sub-department of animal husbandry and veterinary said on February 23.

Hai Phong works to prevent lifestyle diseases

10/09/2018 11:35

An event aiming to raise public awareness about lifestyle-related disease prevention was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on September 8.

Hai Phong culls 3,000 bird-flu affected poultry

23/02/2018 10:20

The sub-department of animal husbandry and veterinary in northern Hai Phong city has culled 3,000 chickens infected with the avian flu virus A/H5N6.

Tuberculosis prevention project launched in Hai Phong

02/10/2017 09:38

A tuberculosis prevention project was launched in the port city of Hai Phong on October 1by the city’s Department of Health.

Hai Phong to construct general hospital

25/01/2017 09:55

The Prime Minister has approved the proposal for a project to build a general hospital in the port city of Hai Phong.

PM urges diversifying resources for maritime medicine

25/11/2016 21:34

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested diversifying all possible resources to develop the Vietnam National Institute of Maritime Medicine (VINIMAM) – the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.