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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

In a rare and unprecedented transplant at Viet Duc Hospital, a third-year university student suffering from chronic kidney failure has received a life-saving kidney from his brain-dead father.

Vietnam’s Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health has issued a series of decisions to suspend, recall, and order the destruction of various imported cosmetic products found in violation of safety, legal, and documentation standards.

Vietnamese woman delivers healthy twins just days after a world-first surgical feat that reattached her severed hand - previously grafted to her leg for two months.

As genetic disorders silently affect thousands, doctors say IVF combined with genetic testing is helping break the cycle of inherited disease.

Dr Nguyen Khanh Phuong, Director of the Institute of Health Strategy and Policy, has pointed out that, though the proposal to exempt hospital fees early for severely ill patients is a humane one, no other country has ever implemented it.

The VinFuture laureate and BRCA1 pioneer urges caution in using AI for patient care despite its research potential.

Doctors warn that the belief “only children get dengue fever, adults do not” is a dangerous misconception. In reality, all ages face equal risk of infection, and the disease can lead to life-threatening complications.