Vietnam should promote preventive healthcare, healthy aging from middle age: expat
Expat Life 14:26 17/08/2026Vietnam should strengthen preventive health care and healthy aging initiatives from middle age, said Subhajeet Chatterji, an English teacher in Ho Chi Minh City, during a Tuoi Tre (Youth) online newspaper discussion on the Vietnamese Ministry of Health’s proposed policy framework for helping people aged 40 and above prepare for old age.
Ho Chi Minh City to provide free health checkups for 3 million students
Ho Chi Minh City 18:38 07/08/2026Approximately three million students from preschool to university level in Ho Chi Minh City will receive free annual health checkups funded by the state budget starting from the 2026-27 academic year, the city’s Department of Health said on Friday.