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Vietnam province prevents 6 doctors from working for breaching talent investment deal

Vietnam province prevents 6 doctors from working for breaching talent investment deal

Binh Duong Province's Health Department has told healthcare facilities not to recruit six doctors who did not commit to working for the province as pledged under a talent development agreement.
Patients survive on painkillers as medical shortages delay surgeries at top Hanoi hospital

Patients survive on painkillers as medical shortages delay surgeries at top Hanoi hospital

Many patients scheduled to receive surgeries at Viet Duc, the largest surgical center in northern Vietnam, are getting by with painkillers as the hospital has suspended surgeries due to shortages of medicines and supplies.
March 2, 2023 | 10:27 pm PT
Largest surgical center in northern Vietnam cuts back on surgeries due to severe shortages

Largest surgical center in northern Vietnam cuts back on surgeries due to severe shortages

Viet Duc Hospital, the largest surgical center in northern Vietnam, has cut back on scheduled surgeries beginning Wednesday to save limited resources for emergency cases.
March 2, 2023 | 01:43 am PT
Vietnamese girl has unique combination of diseases

Vietnamese girl has unique combination of diseases

An 11-year-old girl in Vietnam has calcinosis cutis, alopecia totalis and hyperthyroidism without Down syndrome, a combination of conditions that has never been recorded in medical history.
January 10, 2023 | 03:55 pm PT
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.
January 9, 2023 | 07:40 pm PT
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
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