New national strategy eyes quality healthcare services for all
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on January 23 signed a decision approving a national strategy to protect, care for and improve people's health to 2030, with a vision to 2045, which targets everyone to enjoy quality healthcare services.
Providing free medicine for war veteran in Bac Giang province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on January 23signed a decision approving a national strategy to protect, care for andimprove people's health to 2030, with a vision to 2045, which targets everyone toenjoy quality healthcare services.
Under the strategy, Vietnam also strives toensure its people live in a safe community, and well develop physically andmentally, thus contributing to improving the quality of life as well as of the human resources for the nation building and safeguarding cause.
Accordingly, the prevention and control ofdiseases, especially emerging infectious ones, will be strengthened, and the health security ensured to promptly respond to climate change andpublic health emergencies.
Attention will be paid to improving thequality and efficiency of the health service supply network from the central to the grassroots level to respond to changing disease patterns, internationalintegration and the fourth industrial revolution; maintaining replacementfertility levels; reducing fertility differences between regions and groups; anddeveloping the human resources in terms of quantity, quality and structure.
By 2045, the healthcare system will improve thequality of services on a par with advanced countries in the region, meetingincreasing and diverse needs of the people and achieving the universal healthcarecoverage.
To improve people's health, the strategy putsforth solutions such as speeding up the implementation of the Vietnam HealthProgramme and the hygiene movement to improve people's health; improvingthe health of mothers, new-borns and children; and reducing the rate ofchildren with disabilities, with priority given to ethnic-inhabited,mountainous and border areas, and islands.
Vietnam will increase investment inpreventive health networks and testing capacity to ensure sufficient capacityto forecast, monitor and detect epidemics early, and control them promptly andeffectively.
The strategy also targets equality inaccessing medical check-up and treatment services./.
Thanks to significant achievements in medicine, increasing quality, and reasonable costs of medical examination and treatment services, Vietnam's healthcare establishments have attracted more and more foreign patients, including those from developed countries such as the US and Canada.
More than 110 million USD will be spent on developing a grassroots healthcare network in disadvantaged areas in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health announced at the conference to launch Phase I of the healthcare development programme on December 5.
The diagnosis of tuberculosis at grassroots-level healthcare facilities plays an important role in the fight against tuberculosis as Vietnam stands at high risk of tuberculosis outbreaks.
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.
Providing free medicine for war veteran in Bac Giang province (Photo: VNA) 
