An operation lasting 3.5 hours that replaced the hip of a patient suffering from “marble bone” in late October was the first surgery of its kind in Vietnam and the 30th in the world.

The 13-month-old co-joined twins who were successfully separated after a 9-hour-surgery have been temporarily released from hospital.

The Ministry of Health has asked HCM City Department of Health to apply punishment and investigate the death of an overseas Vietnamese woman at a local clinic.

After many years of research, Phan Hoang Hiep and his colleagues have developed the 1-trocar endoscopic thyroid surgical method, the first of its kind in the world.

Three hospitals in Vietnam are using robots in endoscopic surgeries. Two of them – Binh Dan and Cho Ray in HCMC – are performing such surgeries on adult patients.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At half-past 10 in the morning, the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB pump) started running, making a steady sound.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Ha Noi City’s E Hospital yesterday successfully removed a 7kg tumor from a man’s chest,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at the Can Tho Maternity Hospital successfully removed a 3kg fibroid tumor from a woman, the hospital director has announced.

Two years have elapsed since the first multi-organ transplant surgery was conducted in Vietnam, but  Lt. Gen. Hoang Manh An, director of Military Hospital 103 still sounds tense when speaking about it.

 More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a 30% fall in the effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet suggests.

 Surgeons in Manchester have performed the first bionic eye implant in a patient with the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Speech disorders caused by a congenital cleft lip and palate prevented a 22-year-old graduate of Industrial University of HCM City from getting a job, but subsequent sessions of speech therapy have helped her gain confidence.

 Ministry of Construction defends controversial circular; Two workers die in fall from scaffolding; Sleeper coaches found violating safety rules; Easy Taxi expands presence in Asia, now Vietnam; Two workers die in fall from scaffolding

 Chinese doctors have saved a man's severed hand by grafting it to his ankle, it is reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After nearly 12 hours in the operating room, doctors of the Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City completed the separation of two boys conjoined at the heart and liver.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said on Wednesday as many as 317 irrigation reservoirs are problematic due to landslides and leakages, including 120 in critical conditions that need upgrade and repair now.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On September 11, doctors of the General Hospital of Binh Dinh province successfully performed a surgery to cut off tumors caused by silicone on the penis of a 36-year-old man from Quy Nhon.

Nguyen Hoang Thien An, 18 in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, had a distorted face by a big tumor. On July 30, the girl’s face was operated on by American doctor McKinnon and doctors of the FV Hospital.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On July 23, 2013, a world famous surgeon from the US and doctors of Vinmec Hospital performed a 9-hour operation to separate the huge melanoma on the face of the boy Le Trung T.