Doctors at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hanoi have successfully performed a cesarean section for a 60-year-old woman, delivering a healthy baby boy.

Doctors urge caution as common homemade foods become a source of deadly toxins, with treatment options both rare and expensive.

The trend of eating flowers, widely shared across social media, may offer a novel culinary experience. However, if not handled properly, these visually appealing dishes can pose serious health risks.

Ho Chi Minh City’s growing and rapidly ageing population is placing increasing pressure on improving quality of life and healthcare services for older residents.

Vietnam has successfully carried out its first domino multi-organ transplant, a landmark medical achievement that underscores the country’s rapidly advancing organ transplantation expertise

The year 2025 marked a strong leap forward for Vietnamese medicine, as a series of complex techniques were successfully performed domestically.

Doctors say complex congenital heart surgeries in Vietnam cost a fraction of those in developed countries, while treatment outcomes remain comparable.

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.