About 500 Cambodian people and those of the Vietnamese origin in Borebo district, Cambodia's Kampong Chhnang province, received free health check-ups and medicine on March 18.
The Ministry of Education and Training has asked all cities and provinces to give health check-ups and nutritional status assessments to all pre-school students.
National Assembly (NA) deputies will discuss in the hall the draft Law on Medical Examination and Treatment (amended) on June 13 during the 15th NA’s ongoing third session.
A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 4 provided free health check-ups and medicines for impoverished overseas Vietnamese and Lao people in Vientiane.
Doctors at the Cho Ray-Phnom Penh Hospital recently provided medical examination for about 700 people of the Vietnamese origin and Khmer people in Cambodia’s Kandal province.
Vietnam is marking International Thalassemia Day on May 8 with a message calling on people to conduct pre-marriage counselling and health check-ups for their own happiness and the country’s prosperity, the General Office for Population and Family Planning said on April 12.
The prolonged flooding in Vietnam’s central region has had a serious impact on the health of local residents. The 199 Police Hospital, in coordination with the Da Nang Trade Union, recently organised free health check-ups and provided medicine for local people in need, in a bid to ease their pain and suffering.
The Ministry of Health has issued an urgent notice calling on anyone who has visited, taken care of family members or had health check-ups and treatment at Da Nang Hospital from July 1 to come forward and seek medical help as soon as possible.
The Red Cross Society of Nghe An and Coca-Cola Company on December 8 inaugurated the Ekocenter, a centre for community activities, in the central province’s Cua Lo town, the 12th of its kind in Vietnam.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang mobilized nearly 34.5 billion VND (1.48 million USD) for the poor last year, 300 percent of its yearly target.
A health examination centre was put into operation at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14 as part of activities to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.
Citizens of Hoang Van Thu commune of Hanoi’s outlying district of Chuong My were provided with free health check-ups and medicine on August 16, as the area had been submerged by floodwater for three weeks.
More than 81.5 million Vietnamese people, or nearly 87 percent of the population, were covered by health insurance by the end of June, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
Vietnamese enterprises operating in Cambodia have presented gift packages through the Association of Khmer-Vietnam in Cambodia to 100 poor households, including overseas Vietnamese and Cambodian families.
Another medical centre will be built on Phan Vinh island in the island district of Truong Sa, the central province of Khanh Hoa, said Director of the Military Hospital 175 Maj. Gen Nguyen Hong Son on May 25.
Some 6,000 young doctors will join hands to provide free-of-charge health check-ups and medicines for people in 63 cities and provinces from May 12-19.
The Vietnam – Cuba Dong Hoi Friendship Hospital in the central province of Quang Binh has signed a contract to invite Cuban experts to work here and help train local doctors in the next two years.
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