Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Truong Thi Ngoc Anh on February 2 presented 30 Tet gifts and 30 million VND (1,317 USD) in cash to impoverished households in Tam Nong district and Thanh Thuy district in the northern province of Phu Tho.
The Ministry of Health has synchronously implemented measures to ease patient overload in hospitals over the past five years, contributing to improving the quality of health check-ups and treatment, said Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.
Nearly 600 doctors are needed for medical check-up and treatment work in 62 impoverished districts nationwide. Bringing young volunteer doctors to remote areas has brought positive outcomes.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented gifts and extended warm Tet greetings to officers and soldiers at the Lung Cu Border Guard Station in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on January 27.
Promoting doctor training programmes, coupled with using preferential policies to attract doctors to work in remote localities are part of efforts made by the Central Highlands provinces to improve health care in the region, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands.
The Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) Friendship Association of the central coastal province of Quang Nam convened its second congress for the 2017-2022 tenure in Tam Ky district on December 16.
The Government will spend 2.269 trillion VND (100 million USD) over the next two years on buying five active substances and 22 types of drugs for public hospitals and healthcare centres.
Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh has asked Thanh Hoa province to keep a close watch on developments of natural disasters and scale up vigilance in the face of the complex situation of floods and storms.
A team of Vietnamese and Cambodian volunteer doctors provided free health check-ups and medicines to poor people in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 27-28.
The Red Cross of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia signed a humanitarian cooperation agreement for the 2017-2022 period in Hanoi on September 22, aiming to reduce the vulnerability for people and develop the Red Cross and Red Crescent movements.
About 400 businesses from 25 countries and territories are showcasing their products at the 12th Pharmed & Health Care Vietnam (Pharmedi 2017), which opened in HCM City on September 20.
Forty young Hanoians are going to carry out voluntary activities in Vientiane, Laos, as an illustration of the youth’s efforts to nurture the friendship between Vietnam and Laos.
Nearly 470,000 people were provided with free health check-ups and medicine worth about 120 billion VND (5.3 million USD) in the first six months of 2017.
Increasing health insurance coverage among people is an important solution that helps build a democratic, equal, prosperous and happy society, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
A humanitarian health care programme will be held from July 1-31 across the nation, aiming to provide free check-ups and treatment for at least 1 million people.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has suggested Vietnam and Laos step up medical cooperation with more diverse and effective activities in the time ahead to match with the special solidarity between the two countries.
More than 6.5 million time-people in HCM City received medical checks-up and treatment using health insurance in the first half of 2017, reported the city’s Social Insurance Agency on June 21.
Child patients in Ho Chi Minh City and disadvantaged children in the central province of Khanh Hoa on May 30 received gifts to celebrate Children’s Day.
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