Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has asked large hospitals in HCM City to take drastic measures to reduce patient overload by focusing on satellite clinics at district-level hospitals and applying information technology.

Students face several diseases at the beginning of the new school year, such as dengue fever, foot-hand-mouth disease, measles and flu, so epidemic prevention efforts should be strengthened, health experts warned.

Her family history showed no signs of breast cancer, but despite this, a 27-year-old woman living in the northern province of Hưng Yên still examined herself at home.

Doctors at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City performed surgery to remove a 4-kilo tumour in the abdomen of a 64-year-old woman late last month, the hospital said in a press release yesterday

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacteria that can infect and live in the stomach. It’s presence in the stomach has been linked with gastritis, stomach ulcer and stomach cancer.

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Local audiences and professionals are questioning the moral and aesthetic values of a controversial exhibition showcasing real human body specimens in HCM City.

Hoàng Văn Tiến, 27, starts the day on his dog farm by grooming his giant Alaskan friend Nana.

High temperatures during the day followed by heavy rains and thunderstorms in the late afternoon or at night have made people exhausted, leading to an increase in the number of patients with summer ailments.

Abbott launched its new infant formula in Việt Nam, Similac Eye-Q Plus with immune nourishing human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) on June 4.