Ho Chi Minh City’s healthcare faces staff shortage, calls for policy reform to boost investment
Ho Chi Minh City 08:49 17/04/2025With a drop in resignations but continued pressure from high workloads and low pay, Ho Chi Minh City’s health sector has sought legal clarity and stronger incentives to attract and retain skilled workers while reviving public-private cooperation for medical equipment.
Ho Chi Minh City seeks 3,000 more health workers amid rising COVID-19 hospitalizations
Vietnam News 16:26 17/12/2021The city asked the health ministry to consider sending 1,000 doctors and 2,000 nurses
Police officer suspended for pointing gun at health worker in Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:38 14/11/2021He took his son to a medical center and was infuriated after a health worker reminded him to put on a face mask
Health official suspended after teen provided with COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 17:06 14/09/2021A 13-year-old niece of a health worker in Can Tho City has been vaccinated with two Pfizer-BioNTech shots
Ho Chi Minh City, three southern provinces get support from 3,000 more health workers
Vietnam News 12:18 23/08/2021750 students from Bach Mai Medical College arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday night
Ho Chi Minh City needs 7,000 more health workers for COVID-19 response
Vietnam News 14:41 23/07/2021The municipal People’s Committee has asked for the provision of additional doctors, nurses, and medical professionals
28 health workers test positive at COVID-19 treatment facility in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:43 20/06/2021They were in charge of collecting patients’ samples
Health worker in charge of collecting samples tests positive for coronavirus in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 17:09 16/06/2021She was sent to local COVID-19 hot spots at least 15 times to collect residents’ samples for COVID-19 testing
Health workers, police, military work 24/7 at Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 checkpoints
Vietnam News 17:36 16/05/2021The checkpoints were put into operation from 0:00 on Saturday
1,800 staff members of Ho Chi Minh City hospital tested for COVID-19
Vietnam News 10:27 09/02/2021Doctors, nurses, and employees of 175 Military Hospital were tested for COVID-19 on Monday night and early Tuesday morning
Over 500 health workers to serve at Vietnam’s National Party Congress
Vietnam News 20:43 11/01/2021The Ministry of Health on Sunday organized a medical exercise to review preparedness for the National Congress
Ho Chi Minh City warns health workers against attending crowded events
Vietnam News 18:00 26/03/2020Health workers have also been restricted from entering public areas
