Three decades of progress: Vietnam’s organ transplant journey
In-Depth 10:36 02/11/2025Vietnam performed its first organ transplant in 1992 with support from foreign experts. Today, the country has become fully proficient in transplant techniques and even improved procedures to better suit local conditions.
Ho Chi Minh City hospital transplant organs from brain-dead donor, saving 6 lives within 24 hours
Vietnam News 11:31 05/05/2025Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City announced on Sunday that it had successfully performed organ transplants into six patients using organs donated by a brain-dead patient within just 24 hours.
Vietnam’s organ donation rate among lowest globally despite leading SE Asia in transplantation
Vietnam News 11:36 06/03/2025Vietnam performs over 1,000 organ transplants annually
Italian liver donor saves 3-year-old Vietnamese’s life
Vietnam News 20:30 01/04/2024The unlikely bond between a Vietnamese toddler and an Italian donor exemplifies the triumph of compassion over adversity
Vietnamese family donate beloved teenage son’s organs after road crash death
Vietnam News 19:07 03/02/2021‘I only hope that his organs can save others’
18-year-old amputee regains hands after groundbreaking surgery
Vietnam News 15:38 11/11/2020The patient was discharged from the hospital only three weeks post-surgery
‘Beauty with a Purpose’ winner becomes first Miss Vietnam to sign up for organ donation
Travel 16:12 16/07/2019‘The greatest everlasting joy is in giving’
End-stage cancer patient in Vietnam donates corneas
Vietnam News 11:08 16/02/2019A documentary on her life story is giving cancer patients in Vietnam strength to live a meaningful life
Organ donor’s death brings new life to five others in Vietnam
Vietnam News 21:04 27/12/2018The act of kindness has made the man a guardian angel for five others
Brain-dead Vietnamese man saves five lives with donated organs
Vietnam News 15:45 21/04/2018The man gave five women a new lease of life with his heart, kidneys and corneas