VOV.VN - Vietnam will gradually provide its citizens with free annual health checkups from 2026 to 2030, toward the ultimate goal of universal free health care by 2045, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan at a Government press briefing in Hanoi on May 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Chinese military doctors on April 12-13 have jointly provided free medical check-ups, consultations, and medicine to around 1,000 residents, mainly elderly and policy beneficiaries, in the northern border province of Lang Son.

Ensuring public health remains a priority in Vietnam’s socio-economic development strategy, State President Luong Cuong affirmed at a meeting with a delegation of distinguished medical professionals in Hanoi on February 26, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955 – 2025).

VOV.VN - As many as 80 international students from Cambodia, China, Cuba, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam discussed hot topics such as health care and the environment at a world student festival in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Can Tho city Nguyen Van Hieu hosted a reception for Bernd Montag, CEO of Siemens Healthineers, on June 13, during which the host expressed his hope for the firm’s support in high-tech equipment and high-quality human resources training in the field of health care in the whole Mekong Delta.

After the three-year implementation, Japanese-funded Project VIE 071 on “Reducing Income- and Health-Related Vulnerability of Older Persons in Vietnam” has resulted in positive changes in caring for the elderly in the northern province of Hoa Binh, one of its six target localities.

President Vo Van Thuong emphasised the importance of grassroots health care while visiting some medical facilities in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 25, ahead of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).

VOV.VN - The Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the Embassy of Vietnam in Singapore deployed an array of activities aimed at promoting local tourism in Singapore from October 25 to 27.

Ho Chi Minh City has decided to spend over VND7 trillion (US$304 million) from its budget on infrastructure and equipment of health care units under the mid-term public investment plans for the 2021-2025 and 2025-2030 periods.

The “2023 Wow! Taiwan Project - Health Tech Business Matchmaking Event” was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12, drawing more than 60 businesses from Vietnam and Taiwan (China) and witnessing the signing of a variety of cooperation deals.