Infrastructure and information technology are provided at Cam Le General Hospital in central Da Nang city. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The health insurance medical informationsystem, rolled out last June, is the optimal solution to ensure transparencyand prevent insurance fraud.
This consensusof opinion was evident among Government officials at a conference held bythe Vietnam Social Insurance Agency on January 23 to announce its review onimplementation of the health insurance medical information assessment system.
According to reportsdelivered by Pham Luong Son, Deputy Director General of the VSI, 99.5 percentof medical facilities nationwide have been linked to the health insurancemedical information assessment system since its launch, except for 65commune-level health stations in remote areas without electricity access.
The health insurancemedical information assessment system received some 68.9 million dossiersrequesting insurance payments worth 35 trillion VND (1.55 billion USD) in thelast six months of 2016, and another three million requesting insurancepayments of 2 trillion VND (88.6 million USD) in the first month of 2017, thereport said.
The information systemcan identify the use of a health insurance card multiple times in a shortperiod at different locations, both inside and outside a province. In the finalquarter of last year, about 100 cases of wrongful card use over 50 times werediscovered – mostly at district-level hospitals and commune-level healthstations.
However, multipleplaguing issues still inhibit the effectiveness of the system, Sơn said. Forexample, many medical facilities still don’t fully update information in thesystem on a regular basis, and the names of services and drugs are notconsistent across related legal documents.
Nguyen Duc Chung,Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, said all the city’s 673 medicalfacilities had connected to the information system. A number of duplicationsand possible fraud had been exposed as a result, he added.
🌱 Chung also proposedthe idea of piloting electronic health records of all of the city’s residents.-VNA
Health insurance covered 81.7 percent of Vietnam’s population in 2016, 2.7 percent higher than the target set by the Prime Minister, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
Increasing hospital fees and benefits from health insurance helped increase the number of people buying health insurance in HCM City last year by nearly 662,000 compared to 2015, according to the city’s Social Insurance Agency.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
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.
Renowned for its expertise in complex surgeries, the hospital has attracted foreign patients seeking treatment for conditions such as kidney and urinary tract stones, urological and gastrointestinal cancers, and male reproductive disorders. Most procedures are performed using advanced techniques, including laparoscopy and robotic surgery. T
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.
Infrastructure and information technology are provided at Cam Le General Hospital in central Da Nang city. (Photo: VNA) 
