Ho Chi Minh City plans record $2.5bn investment in healthcare sector
Ho Chi Minh City 14:37 03/10/2025Ho Chi Minh City is planning a record public investment of over VND66 trillion (US$2.5 billion) in the healthcare sector during the 2026-30 period, covering 100 new projects, among which eight major hospitals are designated as key infrastructure.
Street vendors overrun sidewalks around major hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 09:47 17/09/2025The issue of street vendors occupying sidewalks and roadways around major hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City has continued to recur, affecting urban aesthetics and posing risks to traffic safety and food hygiene.
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
