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New criteria classify private hospitals
The Ministry of Health has issued a set of criteria to classify the quality of private hospitals and healthcare clinics across the country.Keep reading ...
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PM calls for increased Mekong co-operation
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on six riparian countries of the Mekong River to increase co-operation in protecting, managing and using sustainably its resources.Keep reading ...
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Drug bidding saves $10 million
The national centralised bidding for 20 types of drugs covered by health insurance has helped save VNĐ251.13 billion (US$10.9 million) on drugs, said Dương Tuấn Đức, director of the Centre for Health Insurance Appraisal and Multi-level Payments in the North under Việt Nam Social Security.Keep ...
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Universities to open new faculties for 2018-19
New faculties will be opened at universities during the 2018-2019 academic year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training’s new catalogue on training programmes in higher education.Keep reading ...
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VN to send 100,000 workers abroad annually
Vietnam plans each year to send 100,000 to 120,000 labourers to other countries by 2020, according to Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs.Keep reading ...
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HCM City enhances use of IT disease surveillance
HCM City will expand the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology this year for surveillance of infectious diseases, such as hand-foot-mouth, throughout the city after successfully piloting it for dengue fever, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre department’s deputy director Nguyễn Hữu Hưng told Việt Nam News.Keep reading ...
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Doctor rotation project yields successful results
Some 6.6 million people have received better medical treatment as a result of a project which rotates doctors from high-level to lower-level hospitals, implemented in Việt Nam since 2008.Keep reading ...
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Roadmap proposed for calculating pensions for female workers
Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will propose a new roadmap for calculating pensions for female workers to the National Assembly (NA).Keep reading ...
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NCDs increase due to excess salt intake
The Vietnamese are eating a lot of salty food. However, many people refuse to accept that excess salt in one’s daily diet is not healthy and may cause several non communicable diseases (NCDs)) such as high blood pressure or heart diseases, participants heard at a workshop on ...
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On Population Day, focus shifts to quality
Over the last 10 years, Việt Nam has been able to stabilise its population growth, and authorities have shifted their focus to population quality.Keep reading ...
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