Health & Education

The Vietnam Administration of Medical Services under the Ministry of Health (MoH) opened a training course on hospital management in Hanoi on March 12 to help improve health care services and patients’ satisfaction.

In order to improve the quality of pharmacy in hospitals, especially the activities of pharmacies, the Hanoi Health​ ​Department has ​recently implement general checkup​ in ​the City`s hospital​s`​ pharmacy.

At a seminar on the initative in Tokyo on March 7, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Japan Tran Ngoc Phuc said that Japan’s Asia Health and Human Well-Being Initiative regards Vietnam as a country with great potential for cooperation with Japan in terms of health care.

Foreign firms argue that disallowing them to provide preservation and transportation service is not in line with international commitments.

The corneas donated by a seven-year-old girl following her tragic death from cancer were successfully transplanted into two patients suffering from corneal scarring and a congenital corneal cataract on February 26.

Hanoi healthcare sector has successfully overcome difficulties in 2017, becomes a highlight for medical treatment, examination and preventive healthcare, and satisfies the increasing demand of people.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh yesterday paid a visit to the National Hospital of Odonto - Stomatology in Hanoi to congratulate the medical staff at the hospital on Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).

Although inpatient room costs have increased sharply, medical quality remains stagnant, according to the latest report by the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

The Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2 presented medical equipment to the reproductive health care centre of the southern Ninh Thuan province of Vietnam.

Vietnam has spent more than VND63 trillion (US$2.7 billion) on pharmaceutical imports in 2017, up 10% from the previous year.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Professor David Dapice, Senior Economist of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Vietnam Program, Professor Thomas Vallely, Director of the Vietnam Program on January 18 in Hanoi.

In 2017, first time student visa applicants from Vietnam to New Zealand climbed by 60%, according to Economist Intelligence Unit`s recognition.

The program is aimed to support Vietnamese government in improving priorities in the healthcare system, at the same time to achieve national health goals.

The Ministry of Health has announced the top ten events of Vietnam’s medical sector in 2017 as follows

The English Champion 2018, an English competition for students this year, was officially launched in Hanoi.

The Prime Minister has signed the Decision No.2080/QD-TTG to approve the modified plan on studying and teaching foreign language nationwide in period 2017 – 2025.

Pham Le Thao Nguyen achieved the best result of the Vietnamese masters in the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 26.

The Ministry of Training & Education has submitted to the government revised Education law, in which notably is the proposal to have free tuition for all public elementary and secondary schools.

After 4 years of prohibiting the middle school entrance exam, the situation of extra classes in preliminary schools have significantly reduced. However, the Ministry of Training & Education has just announced the draft circular on regulation of middle school enrollment.

It is stated that as of the academic year 2018 – 2019, Hanoi will organize the high school entrance exam with 3 compulsory subjects of mathematics, literature and foreign language, instead of only mathematics and literature as before.