National health programme to improve Vietnamese stature, well-being
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the Vietnam Health Programme to improve the well-being, stature, longevity and life quality of Vietnamese people.
Health worker gives a child Vitamin A oral supplement. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc has approved the Vietnam Health Programme to improve the well-being,stature, longevity and life quality of Vietnamese people.
The programme sets three goals – to promote a healthydiet and lifestyle with appropriate nutrition and increased physical activityto improve Vietnamese people’s stature and well-being; to raise publicawareness for behavioral change to protect health and prevent health-relatedcommon risks; and to provide constant and long-term primary health careservices to reduce burden of illness and health on the community and enhancethe quality of life for people.
To achieve the goals, it will focus on improving healthcare for children and students; prevent impact of tobacco and alcohol; ensureenvironmental sanitation and food safety; and foster the early detection andmanagement of a number of non-communicable diseases, community-based healthcare provision, and the delivery of health care services for the elderly andworkers.
The Vietnam Health Programme will link differentprogrammes and projects on related issues to strive towards these goals.
It will be implemented nationwide from 2018 – 2030. From2031, the programme will review its goals and priorities based on the resultsand real situation at that time.
Malnutrition has been mainly blamed for Vietnamesepeople’s shortness compared with other their peers in countries in Asia andEurope, according to the National Institute of Nutrition.
Vietnamese men are 163.7cm tall on average – 13.1cm shorter than the WorldHealth Organisation standard, while Vietnamese women are 153cm on average –10.7cm below the standard. Compared with peoples of other countries in theregion, Vietnamese people are on average about 8cm shorter.
The clearest difference in height between Vietnamese people and others is seenin children 6-12 months old and 6-11 years old.
Nutrition experts affirmed that genetic heredity is not responsible forVietnamese people’s shortness. Vietnamese children who are born and grow up inEurope grow as tall as those in their host country.
Factors that affect children’s height and weight mainlyoccur in the foetal stage and in the first two years, so it is vital to providethe correct micronutrients to children during those periods. –VNA
People deserve comprehensive healthcare at the commune-level medical stations even when they are not ill and for this to happen, the operation of these stations must to be standardised, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has stressed.
People require medical care even before they fall sick, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien at the opening of a training programme to improve the quality of local clinics and the country’s grass-roots level health care system, in Hanoi’s Dan Phuong district.
The People’s Committee of the northern province of Ha Nam organised a conference on July 17 to launch a school milk programme for the 2018-2020 period.
The Iodine Global Network has ranked Vietnam among the top 19 iodine-deficient countries, according to the Vietnamese Health Ministry’s National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).
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All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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Leading Vietnamese companies specialising in respiratory and dermatological treatments, traditional medicine, immune support supplements, and functional foods will have an opportunity to connect with international distributors and secure export deals.
The project aimed to enable early detection and reduce the risk of dangerous complications, targeting patients with chronic diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and metabolic disorders.
A 2023 report by the Vietnam Health Economics Association estimated that the total cost of tobacco-related healthcare and economic losses reached 108 trillion VND (4.14 billion USD) annually – equivalent to 1.14% of GDP and five times higher than the budget revenue generated by the tobacco industry.
All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
Medical screenings and surgical interventions for children with disabilities are being carried out at health centers across Dien Bien. So far this year, 242 children have been identified for diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and the provision of assistive devices.
The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Health worker gives a child Vitamin A oral supplement. (Photo: VNA)
