Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) moved up 0.43 percent monthly and 2.9 percent annually in May, said the municipal Statistical Office on May 29.
Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) inched up 0.55 percent in May, the highest monthly increase since 2012, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The Health Ministry has instructed hospitals under its control and specialised clinics to establish gerontology faculties with a view to improving health care services for elderly people.
Vietnam is facing a significant shortage of skilled birth attendants in hard-to-reach areas and a significant difference in the competency of birth attendants in regions, according to midwifery, maternal, family planning reports.
The southern province of Dong Nai is among 13 localities that have received assistance from the US’ AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in giving healthcare services to prisoners living with HIV/AIDS.
The General Office for Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health on April 12 launched a Japanese-funded project to provide preventive health care services to the elderly to cope with population aging in Vietnam.
Since Vietnam and the World Health Organisation (WHO) set up their partnership in 1976, the WHO, as the world leading technical consultation body in health care, has helped Vietnam’s greatly improve its health sector.
Officials from the Ministry of Health (MoH) is conducting field trips to 29 health stations in 10 provinces and cities’ communes and wards to survey activities, facilities, personnel and finance in an aim to improve the quality of health care services for local residents.
Former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai passed away at 1:30 on March 17 at Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City, aged 85. The following is biography of the late PM.
The Vietnam Administration of Medical Services under the Ministry of Health opened a training course on hospital management in Hanoi on March 12 to help improve health care services and patients’ satisfaction.
Japan’s Asia Health and Human Well-Being Initiative regards Vietnam as a country with great potential for cooperation with Japan in terms of health care, said Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Japan Tran Ngoc Phuc.
Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien talks with Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about projects to build more hospitals and provide better services for patients.
President Tran Dai Quang extended greetings to doctors, health workers of the health sector while attending a ceremony marking the 63rd anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) held at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi on February 26.
Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in January grew 0.51 percent from the previous month and 2.65 percent from the same period last year, driven by price hikes in 10 of the 11 groups of commodities.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has lauded staff of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) - for their contributions to human resources training.
Nearly 5.2 trillion VND will be spent on building new-style rural areas in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau in 2018-2020, heard a conference in the locality on December 26.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said it is a must to improve the quality and operational efficiency of grassroots-level health care centres in order to attract more patients.
The Centre for Southeast Asian Studies and the Dutch embassy in Indonesia co-hosted the international conference themed “Human Rights, Migration and Development in the ASEAN in Jakarta on Dec. 12.
Communication work is one of the major solutions to prevent malnutrition in children, especially those of ethnic minority groups, a health official said.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
