Public hospitals in Japan under severe financial strain
World 17:10 10/11/2025TOKYO -- Public hospitals operated by local governments across Japan are facing increasingly severe financial pressure.
Decade-long delay leaves $171mn Ho Chi Minh City hospital unfinished
Ho Chi Minh City 09:24 05/11/2025A VND4.5-trillion (US$171 million) hospital project in Ho Chi Minh City remains unfinished a decade after construction began, with only part of the work completed.
Work starts on $170mn int’l hospital project in Hanoi
Vietnam News 15:47 25/09/2025Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex), in partnership with T’Hospital Company, on Thursday morning broke ground on the AEGIS International Hospital in Yen Son Ward, Hanoi, with a total investment of VND4.5 trillion (US$170 million).
Newly-inaugurated $47.7mn cancer hospital in Vietnam’s Nghe An damaged by storm Kajiki
Vietnam News 17:35 28/08/2025Just one week after its grand opening, the Nghe An Oncology Hospital in the namesake province in north-central Vietnam sustained significant damage from storm Kajiki.
South Korean man repatriated after year-long recovery from 80-day coma in Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:31 03/06/2025A 42-year-old South Korean man, Y.S., has been repatriated after a year-long treatment at France-Vietnam (FV) Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, where dedicated medical staff helped him recover from an 80-day coma caused by a severe stroke – a commitment for which the South Korean Consulate General in the city expressed sincere gratitude.
Ho Chi Minh City braces for patient surge following provincial-level unit merger
Ho Chi Minh City 11:34 30/05/2025Ho Chi Minh City is rolling out a comprehensive healthcare strategy to prepare for a projected influx of patients following the planned merger of Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces into the city.
Ho Chi Minh City identifies 90 clinics, hospitals with multilingual medical staff
Ho Chi Minh City 18:45 12/04/2025Ninety medical facilities in Ho Chi Minh City have been certified as having staff proficient in foreign languages such as English, Japanese and French, the city’s health department said on Friday.
Ho Chi Minh City health department warns of shortage of nurses
Vietnam News 08:18 02/10/2022The number of newly recruited nurses will not be able to offset those who quit
Vietnam’s COVID-19 daily count hits 3-month high
Vietnam News 16:30 19/08/2022A health official believed that the number of announced cases is still lower than that in reality
Hospitals run out of beds as respiratory diseases spike among children in Hanoi, Saigon
Vietnam News 18:06 15/08/2022An increasing number of children have been infected with respiratory diseases like COVID-19, influenza, bronchitis, and pneumonia
Doctors save 4-year-old boy from brain stroke in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 11:47 14/08/2022The boy was diagnosed with a very severe form of cerebral venous thrombosis
Another doctor attacked at Ho Chi Minh City hospital
Vietnam News 18:57 07/08/2022Another doctor at Gia Dinh People’s Hospital was attacked by a patient’s family member on Saturday
