Vietnam will perform the first lung transplant earlier than planned, said National Lung Hospital director Nguyen Viet Nhung at the ground-breaking ceremony of national center for lung transplant and hi-tech last week in Hanoi. To prepare for the...
The Vietnamese government has issued a resolution on the establishment of a national centralized drug procurement center under the Ministry of Health. The center is tasked with organizing bidding for procurement of the drugs on the list subject to...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has clarified that people will not be required to donate blood as this is a voluntary act. The statement was made in response to public outrage on social media regarding a draft law from the MoH on blood and stem cells....
The World Bank (WB), one of the biggest donors in Vietnam, on Jan 9 pledged to continue supporting Vietnam in the new cooperation strategy between the two sides in the 2017-2021, said Ousmane Dione, WB director in Vietnam. Mr. Dione made the...
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vuong Dinh Hue has recently urged the Ministry of Health and Vietnam Social Insurance to implement drug bidding with the goal of cutting drug prices by 10%-15% from the current level. The DPM also asked the two...
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the national strategy on blindness prevention until 2020 with a vision to 2030, state media reported. The goal of the strategy is to boost people’s access to preventive services like early detection,...
Over 90% of Vietnamese suffer from dental disease and 85% of Vietnamese children have tooth decay, according to the surveys conducted by the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology. The surveys show an alarming rate of dental problems among the...
Vietnam recorded 212 cases of Zika virus in 2016, according to the figures by Ministry of Health. The country has detected Zika infections in 11 localities. Especially, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 186 cases, following by Binh Duong, Khanh Hoa, Dong...
As the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is just weeks away, food safety acquires added urgency as it is a time when consumption of food reaches its annual peak. A representative of the Food Safety and Hygiene Department has said food safety inspection...
An official from the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction has said that the country’s wastewater treatment capacity can meet between 12% and 13% of the total discharged volume and the rest is directly released into the environment. Nguyen Hong Tien,...
