As the chickenpox epidemic is spreading in Northern provinces such as Lao Cai, and Yen Bai, hundreds of people are infected with the disease which killed one.

Hospitals have admitted more people suffering from kidney failure.

The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC) reported that in recent weeks, the city continues to witness cases of dengue fever, averaging between 17-24 cases per week.

At the annual conference with more than 100 hospital leaders yesterday, the Minister of Health directed to cut down medical administrative procedures to please patients and businesses.

On March 16, according to the Air Visual application monitoring air quality, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Hanoi ranged from 196 to 237 in the morning, a very poor level detrimental to human health.

Sitting quietly in the Great Lecture Hall of the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, L.T.H, 49, tightly held his only son's hand.

Draped in a white blouse, for over two decades Dr. Tran Minh Long, the head of Anaesthesia and Resuscitation at Nghe An Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital, has been a silent hero, quietly rescuing millions of young lives across Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

According to the hospital’s deputy director Hoang Thi Lan Huong, the female patient, 32, who is at the 19th week of pregnancy, was diagnosed with septic shock, malignant malaria and acute liver failure.

Global cancer data in 2020 revealed that each year Vietnam has more than 21,500 new breast cancer patients and 9,345 people die from the disease.

According to the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control, the capital city has reported nine cases of whooping cough since the beginning of the year until March 7, a significant increase compared to previous years.

Southern metropolis HCM City will build the largest medical and pharmaceutical industrial park in the country, according to the city’s Department of Health.

Over 1,000 Vietnamese and foreign professionals in respiratory healthcare participated in scientific symposiums organised by GSK Pharma Vietnam Company Limited in Hanoi and HCM City on March 2 and 3.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) announced on March 6 that it has so far this year detected three cases of monkeypox.

Hanoi French Hospital (HFH) has successfully operated on a 63-year-old Australian patient with parotid gland carcinoma.

Vietnam will upgrade six hospitals to international standards, aiming to curb the trend of Vietnamese people seeking medical care overseas, and at the same time, attracting foreign patients to Vietnam.

Under a government plan, Vietnam expects to have 33 hospital sickbeds, 15 doctors, 3.4 pharmacists and 25 nurses per 10,000 people by 2025.

The second baby girl undergoing fetal cardiac intervention was delivered by cesarean section surgery yesterday in Tu Du Maternity Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

Health records revealed that Vietnam is home to about 100 rare diseases and around 6 million patients, heard a symposium held by the Vietnam Medical Association in Hanoi on February 29.

At the Asian Transplantation Week 2023 (ATW 2023) held in Korea’s Seoul covering hot topics and up-to-date findings in the various fields of transplantation, Vietnam was honored for its achievements in organ transplants.

Genuone Sciences signed a business agreement with Vietnam’s Imexpharm Joint Stock Company on the transfer of technology for seven products, including medications for the treatment of cardiovascular and diabetes-related diseases.