Hanoi’s Department of Health on January 16 launched a medical response campaign in preparation for the 14th National Party Congress, marking an important step in ensuring medical services, health care, disease prevention and control, and emergency response throughout the congress.

VOV.VN - A working delegation led by Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong and the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations in Geneva actively coordinated to participate in the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) which is getting underway from May 28 to June 1.

A delegation of the Ministry of Health led by Minister Dao Hong Lan held talks with its Lao counterpart led by Minister Bounfeng Phoummalaysith in Hanoi on July 21.

The animal health sector has been strengthening animal and animal product quarantine and inspection to early detect avian influenza outbreaks and prevent the spread of the disease.

Over the past years, Vietnam's health sector has made big strides with and many difficult techniques successfully applied, helping the country gain a foothold on the world medical map.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 24 requested that the health sector work to completely tackle the shortage of drugs, equipment, supplies, and biological products – a thorny issue that has hampered the normal operation of hospitals for years.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on February 23 met with doctors and officials of the health sector on the occasion of the 68th Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - 2023).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Hanoi Medical University Hospital and Central Children’s Hospital on January 31 to extend his greetings to healthcare workers on the occasion of the Lunar New Year holiday, known locally as Tet.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said COVID-19 prevention and control was the hardest job but the most outstanding highlight of the health sector in 2021.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is on the right track to combat the fresh coronavirus outbreak with drastic measures in place, said World Health Organisation (WHO) Vietnam Representative Kidong Park.