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Health Ministry calls for better health screening at borders during holidays

The Ministry of Health advises health inspection centres to stay updated on global infectious disease information, ensuring effective monitoring and prevention measures at border checkpoints.

HCM City doctors successfully performed second fetal cardiac intervention

The HCM City Department of Health views this success as an initial outcome in the specialised field of foetal congenital heart intervention.

Severity soars among influenza A cases in Hanoi

The capital city of Hanoi has witnessed a rise in influenza A cases over the past two weeks, with an increasing number of patients relying on mechanical ventilation.

Ministry warns of monkeypox outbreak in Vietnam

The Ministry of Health has warned about a possibly wider monkeypox outbreak during the winter-spring period.

Young doctors fill the gap in human resources in mountainous areas

Recruiting doctors to work in commune health centres and district hospitals in mountainous regions has become more successful.

Organ donations change the fate of 8 patients

Decisions to donate the organs of two brain-dead men have saved the life of eight patients who were in critical condition.

HCM City hospitals perform Southeast Asia’s 1st foetal cardiac surgery

Doctors from Tu Du Hospital and Children’s Hospital 1 in HCM City successfully performed a foetal cardiac surgery on January 4, the first ever not just in Vietnam but in Southeast Asia.

Vietnamese doctors gain impressive achievements in 2023

Vietnamese doctors have mastered new techniques such as liver transplants with different blood types for older children, preparing new radioactive drugs, and saving a newborn baby who weighed 400 grams.

Tough but joyful journey of saving premature born infants

Caring for a premature and low-birth-weight baby is not an easy job, but extremely difficult and demanding.

Citizens warned of flu symptoms amidst seasonal transitions

Abrupt weather changes have led to an increase in the number of people catching seasonal influenza and showing mild or severe symptoms.

Remote examination and treatment of 50 diseases and health conditions permitted

The Ministry of Health has recently issued a circular outlining 50 disease categories and health conditions that can be diagnosed and treated remotely.

Hospital referral documents, medical check-up records to go online

Social security offices and hospitals nationwide will trial electronic health insurance referrals and health check-up records in April this year, looking to completely remove the need for paper.

HCMC sees increase in monkeypox cases

According to Dr. Nguyen Vu Thuong, Deputy Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, the disease surveillance system in the Southern region has recorded 117 cases of monkeypox including 6 deaths since the disease was reported in Vietnam.

Dong Nai province logs second monkeypox infection

The health centre of Bien Hoa City in the southern province of Dong Nai reported on December 21 that it has recorded another local resident infected with monkeypox in Long Binh ward.

First Vietnamese Medical Encyclopedia to be published

The first Vietnamese Medical Encyclopedia will be published shortly.

"Let Her Talk" joins Women's Unions to provide free cervical cancer screening

The Women's Unions of Thu Duc City and District 6, HCM City, cooperated with the "Let Her Talk" campaign to host the "Screen for Cervical Cancer Today" event on December 2 and 9.

Health authorities warn of possible COVID-19 resurgence

The HCM City Health Department has warned of the potential risk of a COVID-19 resurgence in the city amid a wave of cases emerging in many Western-Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Guam, and Brunei.

Experts warn about rising cancer rate in Vietnam

The number of new cancer cases in Vietnam has been increasing, while breast and colorectal cancer patients are getting younger.

Vietnam warns about human avian flu risk after Cambodia outbreak

The recent announcement by Cambodia of two additional human cases of H5N1 avian influenza has raised concerns about the spread of the disease in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health has said.

With new drugs available in VN, cancer patients do not need to go abroad

A hospital in Vietnam has successfully prepared two new types of radioactive drugs for use in PET/CT techniques. Previously, cancer patients who were prescribed a scan with the drug had to go abroad to have it done.