Health & Education

On March 7, Hanoi Health Department has announced two hotlines, 0949396115 and 0969082115, for H7N9 avian flu prevention, heard an online meeting on plans to prevent diseases in humans in Hanoi.

Hanoi Department of Health recently held a ceremony to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955-2017).

On February 21, doctors from Military Hospital 103 and the Military Medical Academy coordinated to successfully implement the lung transplant on Ly Chuong Binh, who was born in 2010.

Vietnam’s experience in nuclear medicine applications has been shared at an international conference on the application of nuclear medicine in diagnosis and treatment.

Opening of two Sino-Vietnamese (Han Nom) courses where participants learn about the Sino-Vietnamese characters and calligraphy.

Teams of Vietnamese students have achieved good results in international Olympiads for many years, bringing fame to the country. Especially, 2016 is the year which is considered the golden year for Vietnamese students in international arena.

On January 13, US Secretary of State John Kerry had talks with students of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education.

A launching ceremony for the ACUSON NX2 TM system was recently held at the National Ultrasound Conference, orgnised for the first time in Hue city’s Hue Central Hospital.

Reduction of settlement time, records and costs for organizations and citizens are the criteria contented in "Three targets of reduction" in the process of administrative procedures (AP) set by Hanoi Department of Education and Training (DET) to facilitate people at maximum and this aim kept focusing in the academic year 2016-2017.

The Health Ministry has recently announced the sector’s top ten events of 2016. Notably, most of outstanding events belonged to the fields of health care, vaccine production and health insurance.

Hanoi People’s Committee recently organized the “Loving arms” program to raise fund for dangerous diseases prevention and treatment, support children infected and affected by dangerous diseases and disadvantaged people infected by dangerous diseases in the city.

The Ministry of Health has given the green light to Hospital E in Hanoi to open four hi-tech centres to meet patient demand.

President Tran Dai Quang has asked the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital at the ceremony in Hanoi on December 23 for promoting scientific research, technological application, and personnel training to improve services.

Implementing the Party`s Program 08-CT/TU of promoting administrative reform, with the motto of "patient to be centered", Hanoi health sector has been trying to reduce positive complains from patients and family members, at the mean time simplifying administrative procedures.

He urged the Vietnam National University of Agriculture to study strategic priorities on rural infrastructure, early weather warning systems, diseases management, environmental institutional capacity, and farming tools usage.

Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi yesterday announced that the fifth International Conference on Vietnamese Studies will be held in Hanoi on December 15-16.

​Addressing a conference that sought to enhance the efficiency of cooperation among civil social organisations in HIV/AIDS prevention and combat, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed that HIV/AIDS fight is among top priorities of the Government.

​Hanoi Department of Education and Training recently focuses on the important role of counselling in schools that has been accepted by most stakeholders, including parents, teachers and administrators.

On November 27, Saint Paul General Hospital opened a high-tech medical centre that specialized in endoscopic surgery and digestive treatment for the people of Hanoi and neighbouring areas.

Hanoi city has bought a digestive cancer screening system from Japan that can provide early detection of cancers of the digestive systems of people aged 40 and above. Patient will have to only pay 63,000 VND for a service fee each time.