Keyword: "hospital services"

Ho Chi Minh City is pioneering efforts to expand access to quality healthcare by deploying doctors and extending hospital services to remote and island areas, as part of its push toward universal health coverage.

The 21st international medical, hospital, and pharmaceutical exhibition – Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2023 opened on August 3 in Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of more than 400 businesses from 22 nations and territories.

Recent surveys amongst 1 million correspondents show inpatients’ satisfaction with hospital services in Vietnam reached 75.6 percent, while the figure for outpatients stands at 66.3 percent.

The Government has targeted over 90 percent of nationwide population covered with health insurance by 2020. Despite preferential policies to encourage citizens to buy health insurance, the number of health insurance card holders, especially household health insurance, remains low due to red tape.