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Public interest, especially patients’ benefits, should be given due attention when rearranging the system of hospitals under the management of the Health Ministry, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said.

Since 2018, the Haemodialysis Care Project between Vietnamese and Singaporean partners has worked to improve the overall quality of care for more than 2,500 renal patients in the northern region.

Three Vietnamese have been named in a list of 1,000 leading global scientists in terms of research publications over the last 13 years.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony marking the 120th anniversary of the Hanoi Medical University (HMU) and the 40th Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20) on November 16.

More than 60,200 people living with HIV nationwide have been provided with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) service over the last five years, helping to better control HIV infections in the community.

The Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health held a graduation ceremony for 21 students of the Master of Public Health –International Program, 6th term.

Twenty-one students, including three foreigners, have graduated from the International Master of Public Health Programme at the Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health under the Hanoi Medical University (HMU).

Almost half of adults living in urban areas in Vietnam have high cholesterol levels caused by poor diet and lack of exercise.

The KT group, the Republic of Korea’s largest telecommunications company, announced on April 13 its plan to launch a telemedicine service in Vietnam with Hanoi Medical University this year.

Vingroup Big Data Institute VinBigData announced on December 16 that it has completed the project on Database of Genomic Variants for Vietnamese Population.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on November 19 praised officials, doctors, health workers, teachers and students of the Hanoi Medical University for their sacrifice and contributions to the COVID-19 fight.

A Vietnam Airlines flight has brought 130 students of Hanoi Medical University and hundreds of medical workers, who finished their tasks of helping Ho Chi Minh City and southern localities, fight COVID-19, back to Hanoi.

Initial results of the clinical trials of ARCT-154 show that this mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is safe for healthy volunteers, an researcher said.

Located in Yen So ward, Hoang Mai district in Hanoi, the second facility of the Hanoi Medical University Hospital, which started its operation nearly one month ago to serve as a national COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU), has provided treatment for patients in severe and critical conditions.

A hospital providing treatment for severe and critical COVID-19 patients in Hanoi and northern localities was put into operation on August 31 after one month of construction.

The Hanoi Medical University has started the first phase of clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine ARCT-154 with the participation of 100 volunteers.

A hospital providing treatment for COVID-19 patients in Hanoi and northern localities will be set up at the Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on August 2.

An additional 2,708 COVID-19 infections, including four imported cases, were reported in Vietnam between 7pm on July 25 and 6am on July 26, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Medical University Hospital has been asked by the Ministry of Health to set up a 500-bed intensive care centre to improve readiness and capacity to deal with the COVID-19 spike in the country.

Six out of 120 volunteers have been injected with Vietnam’s second homegrown candidate vaccine COVIVAC, as human trials began at the Hanoi Medical University on March 15.