Social development

Healthcare service fee cuts put pressure on hospitals

Costs have been cut for 70 healthcare services at hospitals and clinics nationwide following a circular that took effect on Sunday. Patients will now pay anything from 5 to 50 per cent less for dozens of services.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Minister outlines measures to improve primary health care services

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien announced a set of measures to enhance the quality of health care services at commune-level medical stations during an event on July 16.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

Major online newspaper suspended for three months in Vietnam

Prominent news site Tuoi Tre Online has been suspended after the Press Authority deemed it had published “untrue,” “nationally divisive” content. The announcement was made late on Monday by Luu Dinh Phuc, Director General of the Press Authority under the Ministry of Information and Communication.Keep ...

Vo Hai

Việt Nam still in dire need of organ donors

The number of people registered for tissue and organ donation has remained very small and fails to meet the nation’s demand for organ transplants, said Nguyễn Hoàng Phúc, deputy director of the National Co-ordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Success of family planning - premise for sustainable development

Significant achievements have bên recorded in the population-family planning work in Vietnam in the past years, including maintaining a stable population growth rate and replacement level fertility, among others. Keep reading   ...

VNA Reporter

Businesswomen still face obstacles in Vietnam

Vietnamese women have greater interest in business than those in other countries in the region, but they have encountered a host of challenges along the path to leadership, heard a forum held in HCMC on July 10 on training female entrepreneurs to acquire leadership and ...

Hung Le

Drug addiction driving kids to commit crimes

Drug addiction among young people has remained high and is the main cause of crimes among them, with half of young addicts having committed crimes, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Child obesity spikes while malnutrition persists

When it comes to food policy, Vietnam faces a double health burden: The country has seen a rising number of children with obesity in urban areas, while the number of malnourished children remains high.Keep reading ...

VietnamNet Reporter

Hospitals urged to ensure quality after fees drop on July 15

Hospitals in the country have been instructed to ensure health exams and treatment for insured patients as fees for 70 healthcare services will fall on July 15 under a newly issued circular, according to Deputy Minister of Health Phạm Lê Tuấn.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

31.1 bln USD under Prog 135 for Central, Central Highlands regions

Localities in the Central and Central Highlands regions have been allocated over 718 trillion VND (nearly 31.1 billion USD) under the Programme 135 in 2018, according to Nguyen Xuan Duc, head of the Department of Locality II under the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs. Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

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