VietNamNet Bridge – A place where hundreds of Agent Orange victims have called home will soon close, and so far for those who are there now, they have nowhere else to live.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One year after hospitals in Viet Nam started implementing surrogacy technologies, the first surrogate babies will be born this month at the Ha Noi-based Central Maternity Hospital and the HCM City-based Tu Du Hospital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An illegal sperm-selling "market" was discovered near HCM City's Tu Du Hospital, a leading facility in the country that specialises in treating infertility and other reproductive problems.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 100 infertile couples across Vietnam have registered for surrogate pregnancy at three authorised hospitals in the country after the regulation on surrogacy took effect one week ago

Only three hospitals in the country – one each in the north, south and central regions – will be allowed to carry out procedures on surrogate mothers in Viet Nam, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien has announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first child conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the central Da Nang City's Pediatrics and Obstetrics hospital was born yesterday, Dec 25.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is a special alley in HCM City where infertile couples throughout the country live to “seek” a child.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The baby began to cry just as the taxi started moving. Trinh Tuan was at a loss. He had no previous experience of taking care of any baby, and here he was, alone with his 14-day-old baby daughter for the first time, going home

 VietNamNet Bridge - The most hardened hearts would have to be stunned by pictures of Agent Orange victims taken by photographer Philip Jones Griffiths at the Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital in 1980 and 2002.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Embracing five children in her arms, the young mother – Mrs. Le Huynh Anh Thu – said she was holding five angels and here is the wonderful gift of life.

VietNamNet Bridge – The survivor of Viet Nam's first surgery to separate conjoined twins 25 years ago, Nguyen Duc, expressed his respect to the late People's Physician Duong Quang Trung, who organised the historic operation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, former director of Tu Du Hospital in HCM City and pioneer of the in vitro fertilisation technique in Viet Nam, talks with Ha Nguyen about her passion for enriching lives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The role of village midwives in the country's health system will officially be recognised when the Ministry of Health's circular 07/2013/TT-BYT comes into effect at the beginning of next month.

Four babies in the quintuplets born at Tu Du Hospital no longer live in the incubator. Doctors said the health conditions of the remaining baby, who suffered from severe respiratory failure a few days ago, was also improved.

A 28-year-old woman in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, on the night of March 17 gave birth to five babies by Cesarian at the Tu Du Hospital. This is a rare case of multiple pregnancies, using the measure of injecting sperm into the uterus.

In the past, most of the patients who needed infertility examinations at the HCM City-based Tu Du Hospital were at least 35 years old. Now, a lot of them are 18-20 and up to 35 percent of the patients are less than 35.