The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế is targeting total investment of VNĐ13 trillion (US$56 million) from enterprises this year, an increase of 20 per cent over last year’s figure.

Public hospitals are facing a “brain drain” with many doctors and pharmacists moving to private health facilities attracted by their high salaries.

Doctors from Xuyên Á Hospital have successfully performed the first kidney transplant done at a private medical facility in HCM City.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Peru on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 65, the South American country's civil defense agency said

The Ministry of Health has issued a set of criteria to classify the quality of private hospitals and healthcare clinics across the country.

Facing the World is a British-based charity group which aims to give new life to severely disfigured children. The charity Voluntary CEO and Trustee Katrin Kandel will travel to Việt Nam this month to raise donations to train doctors, provide equipment and perform life-changing operations for children.

A nine-storey, 222-bed private hospital opened its doors in the central city of Đà Nẵng.

The Ministry of Health on Monday asked hospitals in the city to work all weekends for timely discovery and treatment of dengue fever patients.

The Ministry of Health has allowed HCM City-based Mỹ Đức General Hospial to carry out surrogate pregnancies for humanitarian purposes.