To tackle issues related to supporting families in having two children, particularly daughters, for better gender balance in Vietnam, the Health Ministry would submit a new Population Law to the government in December, expected to reach the National...
The rate of e-cigarette use among students in Vietnam increased from 3.5% in 2022 to 8% in 2023, according to the Department of Medical Services Administration, under the Ministry of Health.
This information was shared during a press conference...
Vietnam's growing elderly population, coupled with a shortage of geriatric specialists and long-term care services, presents a significant challenge that requires increased investment in training and improvements in healthcare services for the...
For the first time in Vietnam's medical history, doctors successfully performed a simultaneous heart and liver transplant on a critically ill patient, Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital announced on October 9.
The transplant involved a 41-year-old...
The total cost related to medical treatment, illness, and premature death due to tobacco-related diseases is approximately VND108 trillion ($4.5 billion) per year, according to preliminary estimates from the Vietnam Health Economics Association in...
Viet Nam faces a growing threat of plastic pollution, generating a staggering 2.9 – 3.7 million tons annually with nearly half remaining mis- or unmanaged (National Plastic Action Partnership’s Report, 2023)
The revised Zero Plastic Treaty draft...
Vietnam recorded an economic loss of VND81.8 trillion ($3.4 billion) due to natural disasters in the first nine months of this year, of which mostly from the Typhoon Yagi, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO).
By the...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged countries to take more drastic actions, with stronger will and determination, to tackle climate change, aiming for net-zero emissions across Asia as soon as possible.
Addressing the second...
Vietnam recorded 23.25 million students at all levels in the 2024-2025 academic year, including 4.85 million kids in kindergartens and preschools and 18.4 million learners in general education, the General Statistics Office (GSO) cited statistics...
Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien met with USAID Director Aler Grubbs in Hanoi on October 4 to discuss cooperation in post-war recovery, local media reported.
During the meeting, Senior Lieutenant General...
