Commune-level clinics strive to attract local patients

Clinics in communes have improved their healthcare services and facilities to attract more local people and reduce patient overloads at city and province-level hospitals.

Grassroots healthcare clinics to be upgraded Việt Nam is one of the few countries with a complete healthcare network which had been widely expanded to villages to provide primary treatment to local people, Deputy Minister of Health Đỗ Xuân Tuyên said.

Improve health examination and treatment quality in 2019

Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến, Minister of Health, speaks to Lao động Cuối tuần (Labour Weekend) about measures to improve health examination and treatment quality at hospitals in 2019.

Healthcare sector strives to control epidemic

Healthcare sector set measures to fulfil the targets set for this year along with warning of medical experts on drug resistance situation of the country

Authorities launch vaccine investigation The Preventive Medicine Department and health inspectors are set to carry out a thorough investigation into the use of vaccines and other biological products in six provinces and cities by September.

Specialist shortage hampers battle against blindness Director of the Viet Nam National Institute of Ophthalmology Do Nhu Hon spoke with Tap chi Doi song va Khoa hoc (Life and Science magazine) about plans to reduce blindness in the country.

Campaign for poor raises $108m The Day for the Poor campaign has received strong domestic and international support, contributed to alleviating poverty and consolidated great national solidarity.

Gov't directives, planning help Thua Thien-Hue combat diseases The head of Thua Thien-Hue's Centre for Disease Control shares the province's experience of preventing disease outbreaks in the past 10 years, with Suc Khoe Va Doi Song (Health and Life) Newspaper.

Bringing healthcare to the people Ha Noi Health Department Director Le Anh Tuan spoke to Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi) newspaper about the city's efforts to improve grassroots healthcare.

Health ministry says threat of infectious diseases is growing The increasing number of children and adults hospitalised nationwide in the past two months with infectious diseases has been causing concerns about the likely outbreak of an epidemic.