Việt Nam strengthens movement against antimicrobial resistance

Experts have called for further action today to preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials at a meeting held on the occasion of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week in Việt Nam.

Viet Nam remains at high risk of COVID-19 infections: health minister Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long has warned that Việt Nam remains at high risk of COVID-19 infections from abroad as the number of cases in many countries keeps rising.

City’s grassroots-level health facilities fail to attract patients

Health centres and stations in HCM City’s districts, wards and communes have failed to attract patients because of a shortage of facilities, medicines and doctors.

Fines for selling tobacco to minors may not stub out problem

Under a Government decree that took effect on Sunday, anyone who sells cigarettes to the minors under 18 can be fined VNĐ3 million to VNĐ5 million (US$129-315).

Red alert system saves lives of critically ill patients

A new red-alert system implemented at hospitals in Hà Nội to quickly detect and treat at risk patients is already saving lives, online newspaper Vietnamplus reported.

Việt Nam Social Security launches app Việt Nam Social Security launched the application VssID at an online meeting with 20,000 participants in 63 provinces and cities on Monday afternoon.

Central city to become ‘smart’ in 2025

Having launched an e-Government system in 2014, the central city has completed 1,632 out of 1,682 online administration procedures, marking a crucial step in becoming a ‘smart city’ and the first in Việt Nam to join the ASEAN ‘smart’ city network by 2030.

COVID-19 field hospital closes after three months vacant The city said the 500-bed field hospital at Tiên Sơn Sports Centre was designed as a reservation site for hosting COVID-19 patients in August when the city’s two key hospitals were locked down due to COVID-19 infections.

Young professionals breathe life into community Since establishing the Blood Bank Club in 2016 in Hòa Bình Province, Phạm Thị Ngọc Ánh’s mobile phone number has become a reliable hotline for doctors.

"Vietnam Healthy Lung" programme to be expanded for the next three years Vietnamese patients with respiratory problems, especially lung cancer, will benefit from the second phase of the "Vietnam Healthy Lung" programme in 2021-23 that was signed between the health ministry’s Medical Services Administration (MSA) and AstraZeneca on Monday.