So that little hearts keep beating

Doctors at the National Children’s Hospital performed 60 surgeries last year on patients suffering these types of heart defects, with a success rate of 96.7 per cent.

Award-winning female lecturer devotes whole life to science

Associate Professor Trương Thanh Hương, senior lecturer at the Hà Nội Medical University and expert at the Việt Nam National Heart Institute under Bạch Mai Hospital, has been given Việt Nam’s 2020 Kovalevskaya Award for her contribution to helping thousands of people with cardiovascular diseases over many years.

Flood-affected people receive support from donors More than 1,500 poor people, of which 1,000 were children, in flood-affected Nam Trà My district of Quảng Nam Province received free examinations and medicine in a joint-health care charity programme by the Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital and VinaCapital Foundation.

Heartbeat Vietnam funds operations for 8,000 children with congenital heart disease

Doctors at Tâm Đức Heart Hospital in HCM City have successfully performed a life-saving heart operation on H’Nhun Niê, a 11-year-old girl from Ê Đê ethnic group in Đắk Lắk Province, the 8,000th heart operation funded by VinaCapital Foundation’s healthcare programme Heartbeat Vietnam.

Doctors successfully perform rare heart surgery on kids Two children suffering from complex congenital heart diseases have been successfully treated with a hybrid cardiac surgery, which was performed in Việt Nam for the first time, doctors have said.

Children get free heart disease examinations More than 3,000 children in the central provincial districts of Bắc Trà My, Núi Thành and Quế Sơn were provided with free examinations for congenital heart disease last week.

National Hospital of Paediatrics begins Telehealth system1 The National Hospital of Paediatrics on Friday officially put a system of remote healthcare consultation and support (Telehealth) into operation.

Three-year-old girl saved after heart surgery

A team of surgeons from private Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital have successful operated on a three-year-old with congenital heart disease – the second surgery after the first emergency operation in 2018. She was released from the hospital three days after the operation on Thursday.

Young composer’s project on facets of love

Young composer and music producer Hứa Kim Tuyền is working on a music project called “7 Sắc Cầu Vồng” (Seven Colours of Rainbow) that reflects different facets of life and love.

Doctors perform successful lung transplant for patient with congenital heart disease Doctors from the Hà Nội-based Việt Đức hospital announced they have successfully completed a lung transplant for a patient with congenital heart disease.