Source: VNA
The surgery was completed in just 65 minutes, the shortest operation time among all heart transplants carried out at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
The draft strategy aims to position Vietnam as a trusted healthcare destination in Southeast Asia by 2030 and eventually among Asia's leading medical tourism hubs. The plan marks a shift from viewing medical tourism as an untapped opportunity to making it a national development priority.
Hospital Director Dr. Pham Thanh Viet said that immediately after receiving news of the accident, the hospital deployed doctors who had been working at Phu Quoc Hospital to Sun Group International Hospital to help provide emergency treatment and intensive care for two critically injured patients.
The Ministry of Health and the French Embassy co-hosted the Vietnam–France High-Level Conference on next-generation vaccine technologies in Hanoi on July 9.
Under the agreement, Sanofi will transfer technology to VNVC to manufacture selected high-demand vaccines for children and adults at VNVC Vaccine and Bioproduct Plant. The first next-generation vaccines produced in Vietnam are expected to roll off production lines in 2028.
An increasing number of international families are choosing Vietnam for infertility treatment, embarking on journeys to parenthood that transcend geographical distance and differences in nationality.
The PM stressed that throughout the country’s development process, people have consistently been regarded as the centre, the driving force, the objective and the most important resource for national development. Sustainable and rapid development requires not only a healthy, knowledgeable and skilled population but also a modern, equitable, efficient, sustainable and accessible healthcare system.
According to the municipal Department of Health, developing gateway hospitals is a key pillar of the city's strategy to establish a regional specialised healthcare system. The network is designed to permanently relieve overcrowding at major downtown hospitals while strengthening strong inter-regional emergency care and treatment network.
The Ministry of Health has moved to dispel confusion over new border health declaration rules set to take effect on July 1, stressing that declarations will not be mandatory for all travellers and that no online declaration portal is currently in use.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, account for nearly 80% of all deaths in Vietnam, making them one of the country's most pressing healthcare challenges
Achieving universal health check-ups in 2026 will lay the foundation for a new healthcare model in which every resident has an electronic health record, receives regular screenings, benefits from lifelong health management and gains access to early intervention through primary healthcare services.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang praised the hospital’s shift to a multi-campus model with unified professional standards, governance, training, research, service culture, and digital transformation.
With this sensor, people living with diabetes can see their glucose readings and receive alerts automatically on their readers when their glucose reaches levels that are either too low or too high.
Heatwaves are affecting many localities nationwide, with temperatures commonly ranging from 36 to 40 degrees Celsius and even higher in some areas.
The revised national programme on elderly care targets 90% of communes, wards, and special zones having at least one elderly care club and at least one volunteer care team by 2030.
After more than three months of intensive treatment and specialised neonatal care, the infant was discharged from hospital on June 22 in stable condition.
The success of this case highlights the critical role of advanced diagnostics and multidisciplinary collaboration at Hong Ngoc General Hospital, particularly in long-standing conditions that may be easily misdiagnosed or remain unresolved despite years of treatment.
Vietnam’s 108 Military Central Hospital and Japan’s Toho University Graduate School of Medicine continue to promote faculty and student exchange programmes, conduct joint scientific research, organise academic conferences, share scholarly information, and exchange advanced medical knowledge and technologies.
Vo Hai Son, Deputy Director of the ministry's Administration of Disease Prevention, said dengue fever is no longer following previous epidemiological trends. In 2025, infections remained elevated through November and December rather than declining at the end of the year as had traditionally been the case, indicating a shortening outbreak cycle.
Using organs and tissues donated by the brain-dead donor, the Hue Central Hospitalsuccessfully carried out six transplant procedures, including one heart, one liver, two kidney, and two corneal transplants. All recipients have recovered well and have since been discharged from hospital.
