His time spent in a hospital after a road accident, cared for with devotion by doctors and nurses, inspired Tran Hoa to dream of becoming a physician.

Three children hospitalized in Da Nang after suspected botulism poisoning from fermented fish are showing encouraging signs of recovery after receiving emergency treatment supported by the WHO.

Doctors at Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City successfully removed a rare 1.3kg retroperitoneal germ cell tumor from a six-month-old boy after a complex five-hour surgery.

"During the Covid-19 pandemic, before entering the outbreak areas, I felt somewhat cowardly," Dr. Hoang Bui Hai emotionally recalled his days at the Covid-19 Treatment Hospital in Hoang Mai, Hanoi.

HCM City aims to exempt residents from free basic hospital fees by 2030 under an action programme issued by the municipal Party Committee to implement the Politburo’s Resolution No. 72-NQ/TW.

Nearly 5,000 volunteers, mostly university students and youth union members in Ho Chi Minh City, participated in a blood donation drive on March 8 under the 18th “Chu Nhat Do” (Red Sunday) Campaign.

Vietnam has launched clinical trials of a new antiviral drug that could offer fresh hope in the fight against dengue fever, a disease that still has no approved specific treatment worldwide.

Each year around 10,000 medical graduates will sit for a national competency assessment designed to standardise professional qualifications and ensure patient safety.

Here is the second part of the interview with Bui Hoang Hai, Director of the Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Head of Clinical Operations at Hanoi Medical University Hospital - Hoang Mai Branch.

The 19th Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival officially opened in Hanoi on February 3, with organisers aiming to collect 10,000 units of blood over the course of the campaign.

Surgeons at Binh Dan Hospital have successfully used a robotic system to remove the lower lobe of a patient’s left lung affected by intralobar pulmonary sequestration, a rare congenital malformation.

In a first for Vietnam, Duc Giang Hospital is piloting UAVs to transport medicines and test samples, with plans to extend the service to stroke emergencies.

In Vietnam, an estimated 6 million people live with rare diseases, about 58% of whom are children, while nearly 30% of affected children die before the age of five due to delayed diagnosis or limited access to appropriate treatment.

More than 6,000 patients nationwide have received free medicines worth over 1.6 trillion VND (61.3 million USD) after seven years of implementing a Ministry of Health (MoH) circular.

Disease prevention and maternal and child healthcare have received special attention from the Party and State through a range of resolutions, strategies, and national target programmes in recent years.

Dr. Nguyen Hong Son tells his life story through the hospitals he has helped build, emergency rescues at sea, sleepless nights and the journey of Vietnamese military medicine during the country’s UN peacekeeping missions.

A series of complex procedures successfully performed in 2025 underscores how far Vietnam’s medical expertise has advanced.

Once two decades behind developed nations, Vietnam’s transplant field is now accelerating with breakthroughs that are saving thousands of lives.

Across centuries, exceptional physicians devoted their lives to healing, research and building a uniquely Vietnamese medical identity.