Medical
Preventing epidemics for children when entering the new school year
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Entering the new school year 2026 - 2027, hand, foot and mouth disease, dengue fever, seasonal flu... are increasing in Ho Chi Minh City, Dak Lak, Vinh Long, Lam Dong. The health sector, families and schools need to proactively prevent diseases for children.
Don't let resident doctors choose a major just because of a "hot" word
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Every Matching Day season, the race for resident doctors to enter the hot industry heats up again. Are young doctors really choosing the right profession they are suitable for?
Doctors warn of groups prone to uncontrolled phone use
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Overusing phones can affect health. Doctors point out 4 groups at high risk of forming uncontrolled phone use habits.
20-year-old girl carries 5kg tumor in her chest for 7 years
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For 7 years, the 20-year-old girl carried two giant breast tumors, weighing nearly 5kg, causing hunching back, neck and shoulder pain and affecting her life.
8 PM News: Hand, foot and mouth disease cases increase 2.5 times, Ministry of Health requests schools to prevent epidemics
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8 PM News on September 7th: Nearly 100,000 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, Ministry of Health requests schools to prevent epidemics; Nha Trang has a primary school with a scale of more than 10,500 students after arrangement...
Lam Dong will have nearly 3.9 million people receiving free health check-ups
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Lam Dong - The Provincial People's Committee has developed a plan for periodic health check-ups and free screening for nearly 3.9 million people in 2026.
Chest tightness, shortness of breath, many people worry about going for lung cancer screening
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Hanoi - Suffering from prolonged cough, chest tightness, and shortness of breath, many people come to Bach Mai Hospital for free lung cancer screening.
Hundreds of people screened for lung cancer, many cases detect early signs of the disease
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Hundreds of people participated in the free lung cancer screening program at Bach Mai Hospital, many cases were detected early with abnormal signs.
Many people carry the thalassemia gene that is only detected when giving birth to children with the disease
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Thalassemia (congenital thalassemia) is a common genetic disease, but many people do not know they carry the disease gene until they give birth to a sick child.
Man in Da Nang has hook stuck deep in the esophagus after eating sea fish
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Da Nang - A man was hospitalized for emergency treatment because the hook was deeply stuck in the esophagus, in a location near a large blood vessel, posing a life-threatening risk.
Dengue fever has a second outbreak, Ha Tinh health sector focuses on prevention and control
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Ha Tinh - After detecting the second dengue fever outbreak, the Ha Tinh Center for Disease Control (CDC) is focusing on prevention and control to prevent the epidemic from spreading.
Ministry of Health proposes 2 new Departments, organizational structure to be changed soon
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The Ministry of Health proposes to maintain the existing Departments and Agencies, and at the same time reorganize the Health Insurance Department and the National Health Information Center into 2 new Agencies.
Shortage of organ donation sources from brain-dead people, needing the joint efforts of society
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The health sector still faces difficulties in the scarcity of organ donation sources from brain-dead people, which requires many solutions to change people's thinking.
Navy promptly rescues Nghe An fishermen in distress at sea
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Nghe An - Officers and soldiers of Naval Region 1 promptly supported a fisherman who had a labor accident while fishing at sea.
Fierce dog suspected of rabies bites 6 people in Nghe An
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Nghe An - A ferocious dog with suspected rabies symptoms rushed out into the street to attack many people in Quynh Anh commune, injuring 6 people.
Free periodic health check-ups - practical social security
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The Prime Minister requested to prepare resources to implement periodic health check-ups and free screening for the whole population from this year; students will be examined right at the beginning of the school year. The goal by the end of 2026 is for the whole population to have free health check-ups at least once and establish an electronic health record.
14-year-old boy in critical condition due to rabies after 6 months of being bitten by dog
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14-year-old boy in Thai Nguyen in critical condition after 6 months of being bitten by dog but not vaccinated against rabies.
Many large hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are being expanded to reduce overload
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Ho Chi Minh City is expanding more medical facilities to reduce the burden on end-line hospitals and improve the quality of medical examination and treatment.
15 more pairs waiting for kidney transplants in the Mekong Delta
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In the Mekong Delta, there are currently 15 pairs waiting for kidney transplants at Can Tho Central General Hospital.
22-year-old pregnant woman saved from the blood of doctors
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Dien Bien - A 22-year-old pregnant woman was saved thanks to timely blood from doctors and nurses of Tuan Giao Medical Center.
