Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has ordered the northern province of Hai Duong considering implementing the Prime Minister’s Decree 16/CT-TTg on a wider scale to avoid getting behind developments of the pandemic.

The quality of the country’s population is improved.

Hoang Dinh Canh, deputy head of Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) speaks to the press on the ministry’s plan to expand pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) service to all provinces and cities nationwide.

Vietnam’s economic engine HCM City has the country’s lowest fertility rate of 1.53, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest report in June. 

The Ministry of Health has ordered 48 producers nationwide to report their capacity to manufacture and provide medical masks for the nation's health sector no later than Thursday (April 16).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has ordered strict monitoring of Vietnamese citizens returning from China in the face of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The process of coping with the Covid-2019 epidemic kicked off at an emergency session chaired by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac on January 30, the first working day after Tet holiday.

No cases of acute pneumonia, caused by a novel coronavirus (nCoV), have been reported in Vietnam by January 19, according to the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The new regulation on raising the foreign ownership ratio ceiling has made Vietnam’s pharmaceutical companies more attractive to foreign investors, especially those from the EU and Japan.

The amended Pharmacy Law which took effect in 2017, stipulating that domestic pharmacy firms receive preferences in bids for medicine provided to state-owned hospitals, has prompted foreign investors to increase investment in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Health has asked authorities nationwide to delay an increase in the prices of a number of healthcare services that was scheduled for May to ease the financial strain on families following recent hikes in electricity and petrol prices.

Foreign investors are eyeing Vietnam’s healthcare sector, but they find it difficult to invest in the field.

VietNamNet Bridge - Exporting healthcare services has been mentioned by high-ranking officials in recent years, but implementation has yet to occur.

IMS Health has placed Vietnam into the group of 17 most pharmerging markets which are expected to consume one-third of total global consumption in the future instead of one-fourth as currently seen.

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides brick-and-mortar drugstores, Vietnam also has online stores and smart stores which distribute drugs to clients.

While the Ministries of Health and Construction have repeatedly urged the government to prohibit the use of white asbestos, National Assembly deputies say there must be more thorough research on the substance.

Under current laws, dairy products and supplemental food for children are conditional goods items which must get approval from the Ministry of Health (MOH) for advertisements in the media.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some years ago, private investors, recognizing that state-owned hospitals were getting overloaded, rushed to build hospitals. However, the profits they have gained remain modest. 

The Ministry of Health is collaborating with the World Health Organisation to monitor MERS and produce efficient solutions to prevent the disease after South Korea recorded a case on Saturday.