Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap, Director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Eye Hospital, has been honoured with the 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award.

Doctors from the Neurology Ward under the Can Tho General Hospital have successfully carried out an operation to remove a giant meningeal tumour from a woman.

The Central Paediatrics Hospital has announced that for the first time, its doctors successfully used a bone marrow transplant to cure a two-year-old boy who suffers from Wiskott-Aldrick syndrome (WAS).

Vietnam has become one of a few countries in the world to master microtia ear reconstruction (MER), thanks to efforts from the Hanoi-based Vietnam - Germany Friendship Hospital.

Doctors from Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have recently visited the Philippines to perform robot-assisted sleeve gastrectomy operations, showcasing the technique to their local peers.

Vietnamese surgeons have performed operations of leg lengthening to treat some people who have legs of unequal length. These surgeries can add up to 10.1 centimeter of length to a leg.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leading medical doctors and researchers in Hungary say a new form of acupuncture embedding introduced by a Vietnamese physician, has become the new choice for many women who seek beauty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese doctors have to decide whether they should sign personal guarantees for poor patients so they can be treated without having to wait for a deposit to be made.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a landmark achievement that the doctors themselves call a miracle, a pair of in-vitro twins born 14-18 weeks premature have been nurtured to normal health at the Central Obstetrics & Gynaecology Hospital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The growing reputation of Vietnamese doctors has led to a boom in foreigners seeking treatment here, and locals who once went abroad are also opting for healthcare at home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – They work with different sciences, but Vu Duy Hai and Tong Van Hai share an interest in and devotion to humanitarian work.