VOV.VN - Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan, on the occasion of the 14th National Party Congress, has outlined major orientations and key solutions for implementing the Politburo’s Resolution 72, aimed at fundamentally transforming Vietnam’s healthcare system toward comprehensive, people-centred health care.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the northern midland province of Phu Tho launched the Action Month for Children 2025 themed “Prioritizing Resources to Achieve Goals for Children,” in Phu Tho on May 31.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has proposed that the National Assembly issue a resolution on banning e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products before the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms is reviewed for amendment in the near future.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan attended the 16th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting and Related Meetings held in Vientiane from August 7 to Augst 9 following an invitation from her Lao counterpart Bounfeng Phoummalaysith.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 12 sentenced former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long to 18 years in prison for taking bribes in the COVID-19 test kit case involving in the Viet A Technology JSC.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to increase cooperation with Switzerland in the fields of pharmaceuticals manufacturing and technology transfer, health Minister Dao Hong Lan told Swiss Ambsssador Thomas Gass at a reception in Hanoi on December 7.

Former Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong has had his sentence reduced to three years from four years for showing “lack of responsibility causing serious consequences” over the trading of counterfeit medicine labelled as Health 2000 Canada.

Former Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong was given four years in jail in the first-instance trial of the case relating to the trading of counterfeit medicine labelled as Health 2000 Canada, lack of responsibilities causing serious consequences, and abuse of power while on duty.

A first-instance trial will start on May 12 on former Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong and 13 other defendants involved in the case relating to the trading of counterfeit medicines, lack of responsibilities causing serious consequences; and the abuse of positions and power while on duty.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need for absolute caution against the possible future appearance of further COVID-19 strains while chairing the 14th meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on April 9.