Medical
Number of hand, foot and mouth disease cases in Vinh Long increases by more than 150%
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Vinh Long - Nearly 1,450 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease since the beginning of the year, the health sector is urgently coordinating with schools to implement epidemic prevention measures.
Ministry of Health announces 137 diseases allowed to reveal fetal gender
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The Vietnamese Ministry of Health announced a list of 137 diseases, genetic defects and birth defects that are allowed to be diagnosed.
Basic salary increase from July 1st, salary of medical staff at the lowest level is nearly 6 million VND/month
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From July 1, 2026, the base salary will be increased to 2.53 million VND/month, and the income of medical staff will also be adjusted to increase accordingly.
People in island communes in Hanoi hope that health stations will be invested in to reduce the scene of going far for medical examinations
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Hanoi - Minh Chau people always want local health facilities to be upgraded and supplemented with more equipment so that people can access better medical services.
Doctors are only allowed to announce and reveal the gender of the fetus when?
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The Ministry of Health has just issued Circular No. 11/2026/TT-BYT stipulating the list of diseases that are notified and reveal the gender of the fetus for diagnosis and treatment.
Is paying health insurance at school, working part-time subject to retroactive collection?
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Students work part-time but do not clearly understand the regulations on health insurance (HI) and salary.
Hand, foot and mouth disease increases in the Mekong Delta, no longer seasonally clear
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Can Tho - At the final-line hospital in the Mekong Delta, in the first 3 months of the year, hand, foot and mouth disease increased sharply compared to the same period. Doctors said the disease is no longer seasonally clear.
Patient hospitalized for emergency treatment for believing in advertisement "worn out after 1 month
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Ho Chi Minh City - Believing in the advertisement "stones wear out after a month", many patients are hospitalized when stones cause obstruction, threaten kidney function, and require surgery.
Successful surgery to remove large submandibular gland stones at Vung Tau General Hospital
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Ho Chi Minh City - This is the first time a surgery to remove submandibular stone has been performed and successfully performed at Vung Tau General Hospital.
Application of knee replacement surgery robot for the first time in the Central region
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Da Nang - 63-year-old woman recovers rapidly, walking immediately after knee replacement surgery using robots.
Prolonged cough thought to be flu, many elderly people hospitalized due to pneumonia
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Ho Chi Minh City - Pneumonia in the elderly tends to increase. Symptoms of the disease occur silently, causing many people to detect late, with a risk of severe complications.
Controlling stunting malnutrition in young children below 8% by 2030
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Khanh Hoa has many specific goals and targets to comprehensively control and improve the nutritional status of people in the area.
Risk from HPV in men, common infection, silent progression
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HPV is not only common in women but also has a significant rate of infection in men, with many cases silently prolonged and difficult to eliminate.
Foreign patient removed from 83.8 gram gravel
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Can Tho - On the evening of April 2nd, Nam Can Tho University Hospital said that the unit had just successfully performed surgery to remove a large coral stone for a foreign patient.
Ministry of Health announces list of food safety testing facilities
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The Food Safety Department - Ministry of Health has just announced the latest list of 26 testing facilities serving state management of food safety.
Hand, foot and mouth disease increases, EV71 reappears, increasing the risk of seriousness
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Doctors especially remind parents not to be subjective about the return of the EV71 virus strain - an agent that can cause serious complications in children with hand, foot and mouth disease.
Hanoi Chairman orders general inspection of slaughterhouses after the case of smuggling sick pigs into schools
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Hanoi - Chairman of the City People's Committee directs the Department of Agriculture and Environment to organize a general inspection, supervision, and control of slaughterhouses.
Lao Cai launches the "Digital Food Safety Map" System
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Lao Cai - April 2nd, the Department of Health organized a conference to launch and introduce the "Digital Food Safety Map" System (Lao Cai FoodSafe).
Hand, foot and mouth disease, dengue fever simultaneously increase at end-line hospitals in the Mekong Delta
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Can Tho - The final-level pediatric specialty hospital in the Mekong Delta recorded increased hand, foot and mouth disease and dengue fever in the first 3 months of the year.
Health insurance drugs are still lacking, flexible response to support patients
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Lack of health insurance (HI) drugs still occurs at some medical facilities, forcing some patients to buy drugs outside. However, flexible solutions from the new mechanism and the proactiveness of hospitals are opening up a way out, helping to minimize the cost burden for people.
