The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a loan of 72 million USD to a project aiming to improve the quality of health care services across southern central coastal provinces.

A workshop on Vietnam-Malaysia healthcare cooperation was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 3 to promote the latter’s medical equipment and healthcare services.

The Community Health Research Development Institute (CHDI) was officially established on October 15.

Mental healthcare, though considered a big medical problem of the 21st century, has not received much attention in Viet Nam despite efforts from the Government to raise awareness.

Vietnam has brought the melamine contamination of milk products under control and is moving quickly to restore levels of milk production and trade, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Ho Chi Minh City will boast a 37.54 ha hi-tech health care park, including a modern hospital with 1,750 beds, medical diagnostic centre, a medical training centre and other facilities.

Vietnamese and Singaporean Health Ministries have signed an agreement to boost cooperation in developing medical networks, health insurance, hi-tech training, the treatment of incurable diseases and epidemic control.

Hundreds of nephrologists from 20 countries worldwide, including Vietnam , gathered in India from Sept. 11-15 to share experiences in peritoneal dialysis in kidney diseases treatment.

A two-year project funded by HealthBridge Canada in Vietnamhas remarkably increased health knowledge for female workers in northern Thai Binh province before they are sent to work abroad.

Pharmed&Healthcare Vietnam 2008, an international expo on pharmaceuticals and healthcare, opens on Sept.10 at the HCM City International Exhibition and Convention Center (HIECC) with over 200 exhibitors from inside and outside Vietnam.