The Ministry of Health (MoH) has officially added COVID-19 to the list of occupational diseases, meaning that certain employees will be able to make social insurance payment claims if they contracted the coronavirus.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong has emphasised the necessity to strengthen supervision and take more samples for COVID-19 testing at border gates besides maintaining the current pandemic prevention and control measures as usual.

VOV.VN - The British Embassy Hanoi and UNICEF have handed over £500,000 in life-saving equipment to the Ministry of Health to assist recovery of Vietnam’s health system.

VOV.VN - UNICEF, the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly held a celebration for the Safe Journeys campaign to wrap up nine months of work to publicise the importance of COVID-19 preventive measures in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The 28th Vietnam International Medical, Hospital & Pharmaceutical Exhibition kicked off on December 1 in Hanoi, with the event attracting the participation of 170 businesses from 15 countries globally.

VOV.VN - Roughly 23 million Vietnamese people are suffering from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that are the leading cause of death in the country, revealed Prof. Nguyen Lan Viet, vice president of the Vietnam National Heart Association, at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has decided to add monkeypox to Group B infectious diseases which are considered to be dangerous, highly contagious, and potentially fatal diseases.

VOV.VN - Regarding the proposal made by a National Assembly (NA) deputy on Vietnam declaring an end to COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has pointed out several reasons and challenges which still exists.

The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities, asking them to calculate the number of children from 6 months old to under 5 years old to prepare a plan on COVID-19 vaccination for them when there are enough conditions and scientific basis.

VOV.VN - A shipment containing 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 and above arrived in Vietnam on September 22.