Medical

Hue people will receive free periodic health check-ups until 2030

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Hue launches a program for periodic health check-ups and free screening for people in the period 2026 - 2030.

From July 1st, a series of new health policies take effect

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From July, many new health policies on health insurance, vaccination, support for childbirth and medical examination and treatment will officially take effect.

Ho Chi Minh City deploys electronic health records on the Digital Citizen application from July 1st

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From July 1, 2026, Ho Chi Minh City residents can follow electronic health records right on their smartphones through the City Digital Citizen application.

From July 1st, pregnant women are freely screened for 4 prenatal congenital diseases

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From July 1, 2026, what diseases will pregnant women undergo prenatal screening?

Free periodic health check-ups for Hanoi residents on July 1st

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Hanoi - From July 1, 2026, the city officially implements a program of free periodic health check-ups and disease screening for people on a city-wide scale.

Modern treatment area worth nearly 180 billion VND in Da Nang officially welcomes patients

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Da Nang - The modern treatment area worth nearly 180 billion VND at Quang Nam General Hospital officially operates, serving people in southern Da Nang.

Ministry of Health cuts administrative procedures, strongly decentralizes to localities

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The Ministry of Health is accelerating administrative reform in the direction of reducing procedures, shortening processing time and strong decentralization to localities.

Trillion-VND cancer hospital in Can Tho continues to wait for supplies

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Can Tho - The investment project to build Can Tho City Oncology Hospital (scale of 500 beds) is restarted, contributing to the realization of a specialized medical center in the Mekong Delta.

8 people in Lang Son hospitalized due to bee stings while visiting graves

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Lang Son - During the Thanh Minh Tet holiday, the Provincial General Hospital received 8 cases of bee stings while sweeping graves and clearing bushes.

Outpatient emergency: The life-and-death link is still weak

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Extrahospital emergency plays a vital role but is still thin, slow, and unsynchronized, requiring strong reforms to avoid missing the "golden hour" to save people.

Accelerate the progress of facility 2 of Bach Mai Hospital, Viet Duc

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The Ministry of Health continues to urge and remove obstacles to accelerate the progress of the second facility project of Bach Mai and Viet Duc Hospitals.

Lam Dong strengthens rabies prevention and control for people's health

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Lam Dong - The health sector coordinates with units and localities to promote propaganda, raise awareness of rabies prevention and control, and protect people's health.

Food poisoning incident at Binh Quoi Tay Elementary School: Cause has been identified

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Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety concluded that the incident that occurred at Binh Quoi Tay Primary School on April 7 was a food poisoning case.

Surgery saves patient with two rare cancers at the same time

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Quang Tri - Rare cancer surgery successfully performed, simultaneously treating two primary tumors on the same patient.

Rescuing a 25-year-old young man who was stabbed in both eyes by 2 chopsticks at the same time

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Doctors at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital promptly saved and maximally preserved vision for a 25-year-old young man in Phu Tho who was stabbed deep in the eyes by two chopsticks.

Acute gout requires joint aspiration, warning of the trend of disease rejuvenation

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Acute gout in young people is increasing due to unhealthy lifestyles and diets. In the case of a 33-year-old male patient, 70 ml of joint fluid had to be aspirated due to severe relapse.

Seasonal changes, infectious diseases increase, parents proactively get vaccinated

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Seasonal changes cause infectious diseases to increase, especially in young children. Many parents proactively take their children for vaccination to prevent the disease.

Ministry of Health reviews HiPP weaning products recalled in Austria for suspected containing rat poison

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The Food Safety Department - Ministry of Health has just requested a review of registration and trading on trading floors of HiPP products that have just been recalled by Austria, suspected of containing rat poison.

Elderly people are prone to osteoporosis, doctors recommend effective preventive measures

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Doctors recommend building a reasonable diet, combining scientific activities to prevent osteoporosis in the elderly.

Clarifying information about the 3-year-old child's death at the hospital

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Ha Tinh - Ha Tinh General Hospital has coordinated with the family to clarify the contents related to a 3-year-old child who died at this hospital.