SDG 3 Good health and well-being

The reform of market economy institutions was one of the issues discussed at the Vietnam Reform and Development Forum (VRDF) held in Hanoi on September 19 with the attendance of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.The VRDF this year was organized earlier than in previous years, ...

Vietnamese infants raised on formula have increased risk of infection and hospital admission, according to a study authored by researchers from the Curtin University Bentley Campus in Australia and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in HCMC.A survey by Vietnam’s Health Ministry in 2016 found ...

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has emphasised the necessity to improve, facilitate and preserve cultural and spiritual life of ethnic minority people alongside attention to social and economic development.The report prepared by NA’s Council for Ethnic Affairs shows some shortcomings in the implementation ...

The World Bank (WB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for solid steps to handle undernutrition among Vietnamese children, and reaffirmed their strong commitments to work with the Government in this issue as the country is building its socio-economic development strategy for ...

Many studies in Hà Nội have shown that heat inversion is one of the main causes for recent sharp rises in pollutants, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).In a report released on Wednesday, the MoNRE said that in order to comprehensively ...

The ninth meeting on traditional medicine and folk medicine in the greater Mekong basin began in Hanoi on September 5, with the participation of nearly 500 international delegates.Vietnam is currently home to 65 public hospitals and 12,000 private clinics of traditional medicine. Each year, about ...

One in three young people said they have been a victim of online bullying, with one in five reporting having skipped school due to cyber-bullying and violence, in a new poll released today by UNICEF and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on ...

Representatives from the health ministry, international NGOs, donors, private-sectors companies and social enterprises discussed the private sector’s role in financing efforts against HIV in Việt Nam at a workshop on Friday (30/8) in Hà Nội.At the event, participants heard that the significant reduction in external donor funding ...

The 14th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting, with the theme ‘Promoting Health of ASEAN People’, officially opened in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on August 29.The meeting focuses on four key topics, including combating counterfeit and substandard drugs; ensuring health care financing; strengthening the capacity to implement the ...

The prices of about 1,900 different services offered at public hospitals have increased from Tuesday (August 20), according to the Ministry of Health.The current healthcare prices were calculated on the basis of the basic salary of VNĐ1.390 million (US$60). Once the basic salary has been ...