A large-scale community health festival and walking event titled “For a Healthy Vietnam” will take place from 7am to 4pm on April 5 at Tran Nhan Tong pedestrian street and Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi, in response to Vietnam’s National Health Day.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City will launch a large-scale free health check-up programme this weekend, with 58 general and specialised hospitals and medical centres taking part across the city.

The National Lung Hospital and the National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme have proposed integrating TB screening into routine and annual health check-ups, aiming to enhance early detection and improve disease control in the community.

All passengers arriving at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi are currently undergoing automatic temperature screening immediately after landing, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Nipah virus.

More than 1,000 older people in Hanoi received free medical check-ups on January 31 as part of a health programme launched by the Vietnam Young Physicians' Association.

VOV.VN - All Vietnamese citizens will be given free annual health check-ups, starting 2026, and the policy will be implemented according to prioritided groups and within the capacity of the national budget, according to Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia coordinated with the Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital and the Takeo branch of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association (KVA) in Cambodia offered free health check-ups and treatment to Cambodian and Vietnamese-origin people with disadvantages in Takeo province on November 1.

VOV.VN - Ministry of Health is urgently drafting a plan to implement the universal hospital fee exemption policy, in line with a recently issued Politburo Resolution on breakthrough solutions to protect, care for, and improve public health.

VOV.VN - All Vietnamese citizens will be entitled to a free annual health check-up or screening from 2026, while basic hospital fees covered by health insurance will also be waived by 2030.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has emphasised that improving people’s lives is one of the key tasks in Vietnam’s development strategy, and in the coming years the country will strive to provide annual health check-ups for all citizens.