Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has affirmed that Resolution 72 of the Politburo marks a critical turning point - shifting the country’s health strategy from treatment-focused services to a model centered on comprehensive care.

A baby girl born at the Vietnam–Sweden Uong Bi Hospital in Quang Ninh has amazed the entire medical team with her birth weight of 5.1 kilograms.

A 23-year-old South Korean national suffering from severe myocarditis, cardiac shock, and respiratory failure was successfully revived by doctors at Da Nang Hospital, thanks to rapid and highly coordinated emergency care.

About 24,000 new cases of breast cancer are recorded each year in Vietnam, accounting for 28.5 percent of all cancers in women, with more than 10,000 deaths.

Doctors at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully saved a newborn in an exceptionally rare medical case, in which the birth of the second twin was delayed by eight weeks after the first twin was lost mid-pregnancy.

Doctors at FV Hospital in HCM City have successfully treated a rare and complex case of intestinal blockage in a 9-year-old girl, caused by a massive, tightly coiled clump of hair stretching nearly one meter from her stomach to her small intestine.

Despite a nationwide decline in infections, Ho Chi Minh City continues to report a troubling number of critical dengue fever cases, prompting urgent intervention from health authorities.

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully replaced an aortic valve and performed coronary bypass using full 3D endoscopy for the first time in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Health has proposed three phases for hospital fee exemptions, aiming for all citizens to be exempt from basic medical examination and treatment costs within the scope of health insurance benefits by 2030.

In 2025 alone, 1.75 million units of blood were donated, 98% from volunteers, highlighting a growing culture of compassion.

Most recently, University Medical Centre HCM City successfully performed two simultaneous transplants, a heart and a liver, using organs donated from a brain-dead patient at People’s Hospital 115.

Each year, 41,000 babies in Vietnam are born with defects. IVF and gene screening are offering families hope for healthy children.

A multi-organ transplant case was called off just before surgery, raising critical questions about who holds decision-making power after brain death.

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully performed Vietnam’s first officially approved fetal heart procedure, completing the complex operation in just over 30 minutes to save a baby with severe pulmonary valve stenosis.

Doctors saved the teenager from a form of dengue-linked pancreatic injury recorded only 70 times worldwide in 43 years.

The healthcare sector outlines an ambitious national health agenda amid demographic and technological shifts.

The programme’s overarching goal is to ensure that all people receive primary healthcare management and early, preventive care delivered close to home, thereby reducing disease burden.

Today, new-generation cancer drugs have significantly improved both effectiveness and safety, especially targeted therapies.

According to a recent study by the Ministry of Health, Vietnam ranks fourth out of ten countries in terms of self-care awareness and readiness - behind only Singapore, Australia, and Germany.