Medical
Ho Chi Minh City sends doctors to homes to examine patients
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Ho Chi Minh City - Piloting home medical examinations for people in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to reduce the burden on upper-level hospitals and improve the effectiveness of grassroots healthcare.
When health insurance cards are less "sluggish" due to irregularities
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From July 1, 2026, a notable change in health insurance (HI) policy officially takes effect: People who go for outpatient examinations outside the tuyến at some qualified medical facilities will be paid 50% of the benefit level by the HI fund for many diseases and groups of diseases that were previously not covered.
Medical tourism opens up directions to attract international visitors to Da Nang
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Da Nang - Medical tourism is considered a strategic segment, where hospitals, hotels, travel and health recovery services create new value.
Outpatient examination places covered by 50% health insurance
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From July 1, 2026, people participating in health insurance who self-go for outpatient examinations outside the line can be paid 50% of the benefit level, but not all medical examination and treatment facilities apply it.
Patient with bladder cancer gets a new bladder shaped from the intestine
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Hanoi - After bladder removal due to cancer, a male patient over 60 years old was given a new bladder by doctors from a segment of the intestine.
Saigon Hot News: Warning about the risk of death due to subjectivity when bitten by dogs
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Saigon Hot 23. 4: Warning of death risk due to subjectivity when bitten by dogs; In the first 6 months of the year, Ho Chi Minh City sets a minimum growth target of 10.3%;...
The commune health station after the transfer quickly stabilized and served the people
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Quang Tri - After being transferred to the commune-level People's Committee, health stations quickly stabilized their organization, maintained medical examination and treatment, and improved the quality of primary care.
No more delay with the fight against dirty food
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Dirty food not only threatens the health of each individual but also erodes social trust. This fight cannot stop at warnings, but must start from drastic, synchronous and immediate actions.
Declaring war on dirty food: sweeping to the end, no forbidden zones
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Food poisoning occurs continuously in many localities, from collective kitchens, schools, street food stalls to small-scale processing facilities. Many cases that have caused dozens, even hundreds of people to be hospitalized raise an urgent requirement to comprehensively rectify food safety management.
27-month-old baby has hand, foot and mouth disease 3 times, sometimes no fever, no rash
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Hanoi - A 27-month-old baby boy has had hand, foot and mouth disease 3 times. Doctors warn that children can still re-infect many times because the body does not create lasting immunity.
Warning about the risk of death due to subjectivity when bitten by dogs
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Recently, in Ho Chi Minh City, there have been consecutive cases of people being attacked by dogs suspected of having rabies. Due to subjectivity after being bitten, many people face the risk of getting sick; many cases have been hospitalized due to not being vaccinated and have died.
Warning about osteoporosis in the elderly, diet plays an important role
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The number of hospitalizations for bone and joint pain tends to increase, many cases only detect osteoporosis when the disease has progressed.
2 more groups of women are eligible for minimum support of 2 million VND when giving birth
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In addition to the subjects who have been applied policies, the Ministry of Health proposes adding 2 groups of women to be eligible for support of at least 2 million VND/case when giving birth.
Being subjective about diabetes, patients under 30 years old suffer from end-stage kidney failure
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The patient, born in 1998, was diagnosed with end-stage chronic kidney failure on the background of diabetes, and is currently undergoing periodic dialysis 3 times a week.
Hand, foot and mouth reinfection warning, 27-month-old children get 3 times
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Children aged 27 months have hand, foot and mouth disease up to 3 times due to different virus strains, showing that the disease does not create lasting immunity.
Lighting hope for late-stage breast cancer patients
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Many women detect breast cancer when the disease is already in a late stage due to subjectivity and ignoring periodic health check-ups. Early screening is key to improving treatment effectiveness.
Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases: 8 people died from rabies in the first 3 months of the year
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According to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 15 rabies cases were recorded in 2025, while in the first 3 months of 2026 alone, there were 8 deaths from the disease.
Dental clinic in Lam Dong operates without a license
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Lam Dong - Through inspection, functional agencies discovered a dental clinic facility in Ward 3 Bao Loc that was not licensed but still organized medical examination and treatment.
Deploying special mechanisms to improve health for people in Khanh Hoa
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Khanh Hoa is implementing many plans to create breakthroughs in the work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health.
37 cosmetics were recalled and forced to be destroyed, including many familiar products
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The Drug Administration of Vietnam (Ministry of Health) fined BB Vietnam Company 75 million VND, forcing the recall and destruction of 37 violating cosmetic products.
