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HCMC health department eyes private investment in public hospitals

HCMC health department eyes private investment in public hospitals

Public-private partnerships in healthcare are required to ease the financial burden on public hospitals and policies should be framed to enable this, the HCMC Department of Health has said.
Private sector drains Hanoi workers from public healthcare

Private sector drains Hanoi workers from public healthcare

Nearly 600 Hanoi healthcare workers quit for better jobs in the private sector over the first 10 months of 2022, and the capital’s health department fears this is just the beginning.
December 8, 2022 | 04:20 pm PT
Vietnam awards Australian scientists for tuberculosis research

Vietnam awards Australian scientists for tuberculosis research

A team of researchers with members in Australia were awarded the Ho Chi Minh scientific prize on Wednesday for their efforts in combating tuberculosis in Vietnam.
November 23, 2022 | 06:48 pm PT
Number of Vietnamese with diabetes increase by 43% in 3 years

Number of Vietnamese with diabetes increase by 43% in 3 years

The number of Vietnamese with diabetes has increased by 43% from 2019 to around 5 million cases in 2022, according to the health ministry.
November 13, 2022 | 11:44 pm PT
Major hospital degraded, needs financial infusions

Major hospital degraded, needs financial infusions

Bach Mai, the largest hospital in northern Vietnam which treats tens of thousands of patients every day, wears a degraded look, lacks equipment and is in bad shape, financially.
November 10, 2022 | 07:41 pm PT
Vietnam to study effectiveness of 7 Covid vaccines

Vietnam to study effectiveness of 7 Covid vaccines

The health ministry is conducting seven studies on the immunological effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines for approval and licensing purposes.
November 7, 2022 | 04:49 pm PT
Major HCMC orthopedic hospital overloaded

Major HCMC orthopedic hospital overloaded

A major orthopedic hospital in southern Vietnam, the HCMC Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopedics, is constantly overloaded and obviously degraded, but a renovation proposal is yet to be approved.
November 3, 2022 | 08:53 pm PT
HCMC hospital meets int'l standard in treating heart failure

HCMC hospital meets int'l standard in treating heart failure

Gia Dinh People's Hospital has become the first in Ho Chi Minh City to be recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA).
November 3, 2022 | 06:49 am PT
Deputy health minister quits to get treated for cancer

Deputy health minister quits to get treated for cancer

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son is set to resign today since he is undergoing cancer treatment.
October 31, 2022 | 08:53 pm PT
Vietnam aims for homegrown cancer vaccine

Vietnam aims for homegrown cancer vaccine

Vietnam will promote R&D into new technologies combined with traditional methods to produce a cancer vaccine, according to a government decision.
October 26, 2022 | 11:24 pm PT
Learn lessons from countries where Covid's endemic: NA committee

Learn lessons from countries where Covid's endemic: NA committee

The National Assembly's Economic Committee has asked the government to look to other countries that have considered Covid-19 endemic, saying it would be "good experience" for Vietnam.
October 20, 2022 | 05:37 am PT
Financial autonomy pushes public hospitals into payments crisis

Financial autonomy pushes public hospitals into payments crisis

Vietnam's public hospitals asked to make and execute budget plans on their own are suffering losses and unable to pay their medical staff and meet other expenses.
October 15, 2022 | 06:07 pm PT
Nurses unable to nurse enthusiasm for stressful, underpaid job

Nurses unable to nurse enthusiasm for stressful, underpaid job

Vietnamese hospitals are struggling to recruit nurses after many have quit saying they are overworked and poorly paid, placing greater burdens on those who stay on the job.
September 30, 2022 | 07:40 pm PT
Covid lays bare Vietnam healthcare system flaws

Covid lays bare Vietnam healthcare system flaws

Despite Vietnam's success in containing Covid-19, the pandemic has revealed cracks in the national healthcare system.
September 28, 2022 | 11:21 pm PT
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