The prices of about 1,900 different services offered at public hospitals have increased, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam has made progress in its plan to increase health insurance coverage with some 90 per cent of the country’s population participating in the scheme by the end of May, said Pham Luong Son, deputy director of Vietnam Social Security.

More than 10 million people were yet to be covered by health insurance as of May 2019, it was reported at an online discussion on sustainable development of health insurance held by the Government portal on June 25.

The health ministry on Monday announced that the revised hospital and medical services rates for uninsured citizens will not come into effect in all hospitals across the country in June.

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