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Indonesia is facing a baby boom as lockdowns induced by COVID-19 cut access to birth control, said the national family planning agency (BKKBN).

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on May 24 that Indonesia would not compromise on the health of its people to reboot the country's economy.

A well-known transgender couple – Minh Khang and Minh Anh – have welcomed their first baby, making the husband Minh Khang the first transgender man in Vietnam to get pregnant and give birth to a baby.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to raise the premiums for the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan), roughly two months after the Supreme Court annulled his earlier decision to do so.

The Thai Government's COVID-19 pandemic advisory committee has warned that the country must be ready to cope with a possible resurgence in COVID-19 cases if lockdown measures are further eased, as slated for May 17.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang plans to reduce its poverty rate from 2.63 percent to less than 2 percent by the end of this year, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The World Health Organisation has praised Thailand for having a good health care system, with more than 1 million village health volunteers, which helped nearly 50 percent of COVID-19 patients recover.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a programme on the protection and development of ethnic minorities in 2021-2030.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on April 12 donated 20,000 high-quality surgical masks to Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) to help protect health care workers on the frontlines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and authorities of Vietnam are willing to work closely with the Czech Embassy to support the country and handle issues related to its citizens who are staying in Vietnam amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung on April 1.

The fourth phase of the “For mother and baby – for Vietnamese stature” project was launched in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 2.

On February 27, 1955, late President Ho Chi Minh sent a letter to a conference of health care workers across the country. The 368-word letter asked for three things: to stay honest and united, love patients, and devoted to developing the country’s healthcare sector. Since then February 27 has been known as Vietnamese Doctors’ Day.

Doctors and nurses of the Vietnamese and Lao people’s armies provided free health checkups and treatment for 11,660 people in three Lao districts from December 23-26.

Officers, doctors and nurses of the Vietnamese and Lao people’s armies on December 23 began a free health checkup programme for people in Muong Khoa district of Laos’ Phongsaly province.

Vietnam hopes to receive further assistance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to improve the country’s healthcare system, including disease prevention, primary health care and building healthcare law, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

The private medical sector’s active engagement in health care has helped to raise the number of patient beds per 10,000 residents from 23.56 in 2011 to about 290,000 last year.

With the establishment of the Global Health Office (GHO), Vietnam's health sector looks to systematise its activities in global health care field.

Vietnam will become a “super-aging” country by 2050, however, the country is not prepared to adapt to the rapid pace of aging and provide good care for the growing elderly population, heard a workshop in Hanoi on December 12.

Canadian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Kyle Nunas and authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 9 committed to bolstering bilateral cooperation in various areas, especially agriculture, health care and environment.

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany (BMWi), the German Agency for International Cooperation, and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a closing ceremony in Berlin on November 30 for a training course for Vietnamese business managers in the health sector.