Celebrities risk reputations on social networks More and more Vietnamese artists have publicly advertised a product or a brand on social networks, which has provided them with significant additional income but could also damage their popularity.

HCM City's health sector wins regional, int'l acclaim

HCM City's Department of Health  is continuing its focus on developing the application of state-of-the-art healthcare techniques at general and specialised hospitals that its counterparts in Asia have also been pursuing.

Stem cell transplants provide hope for blood cancer patients

The institute first carried out an autologous stem cell transplant in 2006 and since then, hundreds of people have found a new life after receiving a stem cell transplant.

Doctors in HCM City remove rare, life-threatening heart tumour   Doctors at Gia Định People’s Hospital in HCM City have successfully removed a rare, life-threatening heart tumour in a 40-year-old patient.

Baby girl saved from most severe type of immunodeficiency

Doctors from two major hospitals in Việt Nam help treating a child patient who suffered from innate combined immunodeficiency.

Woman has giant facial tumour removed

The tumour measures 12x14 centimetres, covering half of her face, affected her skull, destroyed her right eye, and caused her trouble breathing.

Young scientist receives 2020 Golden Globe Award

Đoàn Lê Hoàng Tân, 33, deputy director of the Centre for Innovative Materials and Architectures under the Việt Nam National University HCM City, was recently honoured as one of the 10 outstanding young scientists, making him one of the 2020 Golden Globe Award winners.

Endoscopic endonasal surgical techniques used to treat rare vascular tumors

Endoscopic endonasal surgical technique is the gold standard to treat juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, a rare benign vascular tumor that appears in the nasal cavity, doctors at HCM City Children’s Hospital 1 have said.

Jaundice could lead to biliary tract cancer, doctors warn A 60-year-old man from HCM City recently visited Bình Dân Hospital in the city for treatment because he had been suffering from abdominal pain and intensely itchy skin for 10 days.

Bladder tumours difficult to treat

Eighty per cent of bladder tumours are cancerous and difficult to treat, according to Dr Nguyễn Hoàng Luông of the urological endoscopy department at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City.