Vĩnh Long Province support programmes lift poor people out of poverty

Many poor households in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vĩnh Long have escaped poverty through central and local poverty alleviation programmes that provide soft loans to carry on business or agriculture.

Electronic medical records to be adopted nationwide next month

Electronic medical records for all Vietnamese citizens will be adopted nationwide next month, according to the Ministry of Health.

Việt Nam needs measures to deal with non-communicable diseases Controlling the number of people with hypertension and diabetes is a big challenge for Việt Nam, experts said.

Health insurance - a lifebuoy for patients Việt Nam expects to have 95 per cent of its population join health insurance by 2025.

HCM City rate of smokers getting tobacco dependence treatment remains low Nguyễn Văn Đảng, 61, of HCM City is getting treatment for nicotine dependence after dozens of years of smoking that led to serious health complications.

Abandoned children find a home with nuns in Lâm Đồng

In the first year of opening of the charity house, the nuns received and took care of six children. Now, it is home to 107 kids aged from 2 months old to 10 years old.

Financial autonomy for public hospitals: a blessing or a curse Financial autonomy would boost the competitiveness of health institutions as they would have more "wiggle room" to pursue hi-tech techniques in organ transplants, extracorporeal lithotripsy, endoscopic surgery and other cancer-related diagnosis and treatments.

Financial autonomy for public hospitals: a blessing or a curse Financial autonomy would boost the competitiveness of health institutions as they would have more "wiggle room" to pursue hi-tech techniques in organ transplants, extracorporeal lithotripsy, endoscopic surgery and other cancer-related diagnosis and treatments.

Health ministry may walk back service fee increase At present, healthcare prices are calculated based on a basic monthly salary of VNĐ 1.39 million ($59) and direct costs for examination and treatment.

500,000 people receive colorectal cancer screenings More than 500,000 people living in Hà Nội have received free colorectal cancer screening since March 2017, according to the municipal Department of Health.