Tran Van Thuan, a deputy health minister who oversaw major hospitals and key areas of Vietnam’s healthcare system, has been arrested in an expanded bribery investigation.

Patients in Vietnam may soon avoid having the same tests and scans repeated when moving between hospitals, under a Health Ministry proposal covering more than 440 laboratory and radiology services.

Reports from several localities show that family pressure, lineage expectations and a “risk-buffer” mindset are prompting many couples to seek prenatal sex selection, according to the Ministry of Health.

Organ transplant costs vary sharply across Vietnamese hospitals, with liver procedures ranging from about $17,100 to as much as $57,000.

Vietnam’s Health Ministry is proposing premarital courses covering household finances alongside reproductive health as the average age at first marriage continues to rise.

An emergency supply of injectable artesunate from overseas proved decisive in saving two patients with severe malaria at Bach Mai Hospital.

Vietnam's Disease Prevention Department under the Ministry of Health has issued recommendations to help the public protect themselves against adenovirus following an increase in reported infections.

As Vietnam moves toward an ageing society, experts are urging the government to expand social pension coverage by lowering the qualifying age to 65.

Vietnam is considering wider childbirth incentives, including monthly payments for young children and support for pregnant women and mothers who have two children.

A draft amendment to Vietnam's Food Safety Law would shift regulation from fragmented inspections to risk-based, farm-to-table management.

Vietnam's government has proposed banning the commercial sale of nitrous oxide (N2O), commonly known as laughing gas, for human inhalation outside medical purposes.

The Ministry of Health has identified delayed marriage among young adults as one of the country's most pressing demographic challenges.

Vietnam's Ministry of Health has proposed allowing individuals under the age of 18 to donate their organs, tissues or bodies after death, provided they have written consent from a legal representative or lawful guardian.

From July 1, provincial health authorities will be responsible for approving advertising content for health supplements under Vietnam’s new decentralization policy.

A draft set of advanced hospital standards aims to bring Vietnam's healthcare system closer to international benchmarks while improving transparency and quality of care.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has proposed banning people born on or after January 1, 2010 from purchasing and using tobacco products in an effort to establish a completely smoke-free generation in the country.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has officially appointed Chu Quoc Thinh as Director-General of the Vietnam Food Safety Authority.

Under a new policy, provincial leaders will take over all procedures related to medical practice licensing nationwide.

Key obstacles stalling the second campuses of Bach Mai and Viet Duc hospitals have been largely dismantled, and both facilities are being pushed to begin operations in the second quarter, as directed by PM Le Minh Hung.