Vietnam orders Ebola preparedness, steps up monitoring of arrivals from outbreak regions
Vietnam News 17:48 24/05/2026Vietnamese health authorities have issued a directive calling for strengthened preparedness and surveillance for Ebola virus disease amid concerns over potential imported cases, as outbreaks continue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, where 139 people have died.
Around 6mn Vietnamese live with rare diseases, diagnosis takes 7 years on average
Vietnam News 15:58 01/03/2026In Vietnam, an estimated 6 million people live with rare diseases, but diagnosis takes an average of seven years, leaving many children to die because of late detection or lack of access to appropriate treatment.
Medical facilities must not consider homosexuality as disease: Vietnam health ministry
Vietnam News 16:37 09/08/2022Some medical facilities and doctors recently claimed to be able to ‘cure homosexuality’
Vietnam’s health ministry allocates 8 million more Sinopharm vaccine doses
Vietnam News 16:27 20/09/2021The doses are privately sourced
Vietnam health ministry confirms 154 coronavirus-related deaths during July 8-25
Vietnam News 16:49 26/07/2021The fatalities were recorded in 10 provinces and cities
Vietnam extends COVID-19 quarantine period to 21 days
Vietnam News 12:00 06/05/2021Quarantiners will be given COVID-19 tests on their first, 14th, and 20th days of quarantine
Vietnam’s health ministry lists target groups for upcoming COVID-19 vaccination
Vietnam News 12:00 23/02/2021Eleven groups of individuals will be the first to receive COVID-19 inoculation
Over 10,000 test samples negative for coronavirus ahead of Vietnam’s 13th National Party Congress
Vietnam News 10:56 24/01/2021The samples were collected from delegates and members of service teams and relevant units
Vietnam publishes draft protocol for quarantining entrants from international flights
Vietnam News 15:09 02/11/2020This protocol is expected to pave the way for the country to reopen regular international flights
Health ministry holds urgent meeting on diphtheria outbreaks in Vietnam's Central Highlands
Vietnam News 17:35 08/07/2020The total number of diphtheria patients is already three times the annual average
Vietnam did not consult Israeli doctor in COVID-19 prevention: health ministry
Vietnam News 17:10 01/03/2020Vietnam’s health ministry has refuted the false information published by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper
Health minister calls for protection of medical workers as assaults mount
Vietnam News 16:05 25/10/2017Doctors in Vietnam battle for patients’ lives while fearing for their own
