Health insurance coverage reaches 93.35% of population

Hanoi: The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has completed and surpassed all set targets in the coverage of social, unemployment and health insurance, according to VSS General Director Nguyen The Manh.

Health insurance has now covered 93.35% of the count…

Grassroots-level healthcare plays import role in fighting tuberculosis

Hanoi: 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.

Dinh Van Luong, Director of the National Lung Hospital …

Vietnam closely monitors disease situation amid global COVID-19 reemergence

Hanoi: The Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine on January 16 asked localities nationwide to keep a close watch on the disease situation in the face of complex developments of infectious diseases, especially respiratory ones, around …

HCM City doctors successfully perform second fetal cardiac intervention

Hanoi: A second foetal cardiac intervention has been successfully performed by doctors from Tu Du Hospital and Children’s Hospital No.1 in Ho Chi Minh City.

During prenatal examinations, 27-year-old pregnant woman, N.P.P.A., from District 3, HCM City…

Indonesia’s airport on high alert to prevent COVID-19 entry

Jakarta: The Port Health Office (KKP) at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia’s Tangerang said that it is trying to prevent the entry of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid increasing cases of the viral disease in Singapore.

This anticipation is…

Luxury cruise ship brings 3,000 tourists to central localities

A Celebrity Cruises ship with more than 3,000 passengers and crew on board berthed at Chan May port, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on November 12.

The passengers will visit several central localities, including Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang and…

TEKEK HEALTH CLINIC MATERNITY CENTRE IN PULAU TIOMAN WELCOMES FIRST BABY

KUANTAN, The Tekek Health Clinic in Pulau Tioman today welcomed the birth of a baby boy, the first baby born at its Maternity Centre since it was upgraded last year.Pahang State Health Director Datuk Dr Nor Azimi Yunus said the 35-year-old mother safel…