Ba Đình District Police have started a criminal investigation into a fire near National Children’s Hospital that killed two people and damaged 20 houses on September 17.

Hà Nội’s health insurance fund suffered a deficit of more than VNĐ500 billion (US$21.4 million) in the first half of this year, according to Nguyễn Đức Hòa, director of Hà Nội Social Insurance.

The new cigarette tax rate of VNĐ5,000 (US$0.2) per pack will help reduce the rate of tobacco consumption and strengthen the State budget, health experts have said.

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An are opposed to the construction of a new thermal power plant project, saying that a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant should be built instead for power generation.

A national online conference along with a national exhibition will be held in November to review the 10-year implementation of the resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas of the 7th plenum of the 10th-tenure Party Central Committee.

Two ships from the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Calgary and MV Asterix, and crew members arrived at Đà Nẵng’s Tiên Sa Port on Wednesday to begin a five-day visit to the city.

A system of more than 30 local community-based organisations (CBOs) has played an important role in healthcare and HIV prevention for HIV-positive people in Việt Nam over the past 10 years.

Regulations that would allow health insurance coverage for integrated approaches using both Western and traditional medicine should be approved by the Ministry of Health, experts have recommended. 

New Ministry of Health regulations on cancer treatment for outpatients from other provinces is causing problems to hospitals and thousands of sufferers.