The Project Vietnam Foundation's Ket Noi Yeu Thuong (Connecting to Love) programme on February 27 kicked off to provide free healthcare to patients in HCM City, Nghe An province and Can Tho city.
HCM City (VNA) 𒀰– The Project Vietnam Foundation's Ket Noi Yeu Thuong (Connecting to Love) programme on February 27 kicked off to provide free healthcare to patients in HCM City, the central province of Nghe An and the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
The programme, which ends on March 11, includes five teams of a total of 80 US doctors in various fields such as paediatrics, psychology, cardiology and others.
They are working with health experts at hospitals, including Gia Dinh People's Hospital, Military Hospital No.175 and Tam Duc Heart Hospital in HCM City.
The five teams will treat patients' heart conditions and perform surgery on children with cleft lip palate.
A training course on autism for parents whose children have the disorder will open at Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital in HCM City.
Another course will teach professional knowledge to doctors and teachers at Paediatrics Hospital No. 2, Ton Duc Thang University and University of Education.
Improving professional knowledge in the paediatrics field will be the focus of a course to be held at Nghe An Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital and Can Tho Paediatrics Hospital.
Dental treatment and free delivery of medicine to residents will be provided to residents of two disadvantaged districts, Vinh Thanh and Co Do in Can Tho.
The Project Vietnam Foundation is a non-profit humanitarian organisation under the American Academy of Paediatrics that offers sustainable paediatric healthcare in Vietnam. It has also provided free healthcare and aid to impoverished rural areas for the last 20 years.-VNA
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A programme offering free check-ups and surgeries to underprivileged children suffering from heart disease is underway in Hanoi from January 18 to 22, according to Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper.
Pham Luong Son, Head of the Health Insurance Policy Board under the Vietnam Social Insurance, spoke to social media about benefits of a new policy of health insurance at the district level.
The Can Tho city hospital for tuberculosis (TB) and pulmonary diseases, the most advanced of its kind in the Mekong Delta, was ready to serve patients on February 19.
The President of the VFF Central Committee and the head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission congratulated the health sector on the occasion of Vietnam Doctors’ Day.
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.
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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.
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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.
According to the World Health Organisation, more than 25,000 COVID-19 cases have been recorded globally over the past month. Notably, from January 1 to May 10, Thailand reported nearly 54,000 infections and 16 deaths. The rise in cases in Thailand has been linked to the spread of XBB.1.16 subvariant.
Recently, HCM City has experienced a noticeable increase in COVID-19 cases, with 26 reported in just one week, compared to an average of only 1-2 cases weekly earlier this year.
Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA)
