VOV.VN - A Vietnamese official has affirmed that disease prevention is the top priority in its national health care strategy, aiming to effectively respond to emerging infectious diseases and improve public health.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Israel Ly Duc Trung has visited TytoCare, a leading Israeli telemedicine company based in Netanya, to explore potential cooperation in digital healthcare solutions.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, showing both sides’ strong commitment to enhancing cooperation in public health and global health security.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health and the Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association (HCA) are scheduled to jointly host an international conference on May 23 to explore the potential and impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Vietnam’s healthcare system.

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.