Many hospitals in southern Vietnam suspend PET/CT scans over cyclotron shutdown
Ho Chi Minh City 11:25 24/06/2025The only cyclotron in southern Vietnam has ceased operations, disrupting PET/CT scan services at several major hospitals and directly affecting patients.
Vietnam’s health ministry orders hospitals to combat extreme heat
Vietnam News 11:32 04/06/2025As scorching temperatures sweep many localities in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health has instructed hospitals nationwide to implement immediate measures to protect patients from the adverse effects of the heat.
Vietnam health ministry urges hospitals to prepare COVID-19 quarantine facilities
Vietnam News 12:29 20/05/2025The Department of Medical Service Administration under the Ministry of Health has issued an urgent directive urging hospitals and institutes under the ministry, as well as local health departments to promptly outline immediate measures to strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control, including the preparation for quarantine facilities.
Vietnamese 11th graders invent medicine-distributing robot
Education 16:36 26/05/2019The invention is expected to solve the problem of distributing medicine at understaffed and overcrowded hospitals in Vietnam
Vietnam’s public hospitals going financially self-reliant amidst concerns
Vietnam News 16:45 11/03/2019Vietnam spends six percent of its annual GDP on healthcare
