Localities urged to strengthen control over COVID-19 and winter-spring communicable diseases

The Ministry of Health has urged localities to strengthen control over not just COVID-19, but also infectious diseases that occur during the winter, especially viral respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses. 

Việt Nam to eradicate rabies deaths by 2030

Việt Nam targets to eliminate human deaths from rabies by 2030 under a draft National Program for Rabies Prevention during the 2022-2030 period.

Pregnant women must make choice on vaccines

Over the past week, more than 1,000 pregnant women in Hà Nội have had their first shots

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US CDC Southeast Asia Regional Office launched in Hà Nội

US Vice President Kamala Harris launched the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hà Nội capital city at a ceremony on Wednesday during her three-day visit to the city.

Việt Nam’s vaccine regulatory system reaches WHO’s second-highest level The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently announced that Việt Nam’s National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for vaccines reached Maturity Level 3, the second highest in the WHO classification of national regulatory system.

More than 59,000 Vietnamese people vaccinated The Ministry of Health said that by 4pm on April 12, the 59,249 vaccinated people included frontline doctors, medical staff, sample collectors, contact tracers, members of community-based anti-COVID-19 groups as well as members of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of localities.

Health ministry warns over hand, foot and mouth disease The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a warning over the increase in hand, foot and mouth cases this year.

The importance of vaccination Vaccines are one of the pillars in modern medicine that has contributed to decreasing child mortality from about 20 per cent of live born children down to in Việt Nam 1,5 per cent and in most western countries 3-5 per 1000 life born children.

Infectious diseases under control thanks to expanded immunisation programme The expanded immunisation programme has helped Việt Nam control many infectious diseases such as wild polio, measles, rubella and diphtheria.