Pregnancy doesn't stop during a pandemic. Neither do human rights We can also expect up to 31 million additional cases of gender-based violence for every six months of movement restriction measures

HCM City improves quality of health care over last 5 years

HCM City has reached its goal to have 20 doctors per 10,000 people after implementation of a five-year programme on improving the quality of health care services for local residents.

Vietnamese citizens in Taiwan repatriated

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens have been repatriated from Chinese Taiwan and quarantined upon arrival.

Health experts call for more investment in nurses and midwives Health experts called for further investment in education, jobs and leadership for nurses and midwives at a ceremony to celebrate International Nurses Day (May 12) in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Highlights of health sector’s 65-year achievements On February 27, 1955, late President Hồ Chí Minh sent a letter to a conference of healthcare workers across the country. The 368-word letter asked for three things: to stay honest and united, love patients, and devoted to developing the country’s healthcare sector. Since then February 27 has been known as Vietnamese Doctors’ Day.

Stressed-out nurses love their jobs but need help from hospital leaders     Although nursing involves high work pressure and stress, many nurses at health facilities throughout the country are reluctant to leave the profession.

‘Significant’ improvement in healthcare services: Johnson & Johnson Vietnam chief

With International Nurses to be marked on May 12, Jun Hong Park, managing director of Johnson & Johnson Vietnam, speaks to Việt Nam News about the improvement in the quality of healthcare and nurses in Việt Nam.

Grassroots healthcare system is the ground for healthcare sector

Vice chairman of the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee Bùi Sỹ Lợi talks to Đại biểu nhân dân (People’s Representative) newspaper about how grassroots healthcare system must be the foundation for improving the sector.

Doctors warn of global C-section ’epidemic’

Worldwide Caesarean section use has nearly doubled in two decades and has reached "epidemic" proportions in some countries, doctors warned Friday, highlighting a huge gap in childbirth care between rich and poor mothers.

Local health station struggles burden nat’l system

Việt Nam’s grassroots healthcare system is failing to win public trust, resulting in overcrowding at provincial-level hospitals and hampering efforts to ensure universal health coverage in the country.