A Vietnamese military medical unit under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has successfully performed emergency surgery to save a nearly severed finger, in what officials described as a complex trauma case involving a Pakistani patient.

Fetal intervention specialists and pediatric cardiologists from Tu Du Hospital and Children's Hospital 1 on May 28 successfully performed a complex in-utero heart intervention on a Singaporean woman's 22-week-old fetus diagnosed with a severe congenital heart defect.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man expressed his confidence in Hanoi-based Huu Nghi Hospital’s continued efforts to uphold its fine traditions, foster unity, and achieve even greater success in protecting and improving public health.

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).

Party General Secretary To Lam called for comprehensive improvement of healthcare quality at the inauguration ceremony for two facilities at 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi on February 25, emphasising that medical care must place patients as its core.

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital announced on July 10 that it has successfully performed surgery and treatment for a foreign surgeon with rectal cancer.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese doctor Nguyen Thanh Triet, director of Binh Dinh Hospital of Ophthalmology, has been honoured with the 2024 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award.

Vietnam is confident in realising the goal of eliminating malaria by 2030, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong.

On the occasion of the 68th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955-2023), officials and staff members of Vietnam’s Level 2 Field Hospital Rotation 4 of the UN Mission have conducted a civil-military co-operation (CIMIC) activity in Bentiu, South Sudan.

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).