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Paying more for better health
The Ministry of Health is drafting a decree intended to allow public hospitals to offer higher pay to retain their best health workers.
Plan to develop medicinal plants
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Health to formulate a plan for developing and preserving precious herbs and other materials used for medicinal purposes.
Work starts on Vietnam-Cambodia joint hospital
Construction work was started on May 15 for the Cho Ray – Phnom Penh multiclinic hospital, a joint project between Vietnam ’s Saigon Medical Investment Joint Stock company and Sokimex company of Cambodia.
Int’l medicine expo to kick off soon
An international medicinal and pharmaceutical exposition is to kick off in Hanoi on May 12-15 with the participation of 200 domestic and foreign businesses.
VN joins with India, China on maternal health
Vietnam has joined India and China in a health programme for pregnant mothers (HESVIC), which was launched at a workshop in Hanoi on April 19.
Hanoi to host health exhibition
An exhibition designed to introduce advanced community health will be held at the Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace from May 12-15.
Health insurance users get more rights
The health insurance law has been amended to give more rights to customers. Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) spoke with Nguyen Huy Nghi, vice head of Card Issuance Department
Health programme helps Mekong’s poor
More than 600,000 people who live on the margins of poverty have been financially supported to buy voluntary health insurance over the last four years under a major healthcare project in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta.
Students to receive free eye treatment
Nearly 30,000 high school students in four localities will receive free eye check-up, consulting services and medicines under a programme launched today.
3,000 donate blood to curb critical shortage
Three thousand people donated their blood in a campaign held yesterday in Ha Noi's My Dinh National Stadium as part of a national drive.

 Paying more for better health (07/06)
 Plan to develop medicinal plants (03/06)
 Work starts on Vietnam-Cambodia joint hospital (15/05)
 Int’l medicine expo to kick off soon (05/05)
 VN joins with India, China on maternal health (19/04)
 Hanoi to host health exhibition (13/04)
 Health insurance users get more rights (08/04)
 Health programme helps Mekong’s poor (15/03)
 Students to receive free eye treatment (09/03)
 3,000 donate blood to curb critical shortage (08/03)
 HCM City to open three family clinics (11/02)
 Hanoi’s “safe” greens contain excessive pesticides (05/02)
 Vietnam to receive US aid for flu vaccine production (29/01)
 Conference on biomedical engineering held in HCMC (11/01)
 Ministry begins training to control clinical infection (26/11)
 MotoMedics just in time (13/11)
 Students to help poor during Green Summer Campaign (01/08)
 Hospitals look abroad for equipment (12/03)
 Burn institute applying new technology (05/03)
 MoH scraps health standards for drivers (03/11)
 US doctors provide free medical check-ups for poor people (20/10)
 Vietnam to monitor milk quality (15/10)
 VN seeks closer health cooperation with Pacific countries (23/09)
 Vietnam, China step up food hygiene cooperation (12/09)
 Work to begin on new Dong Nai hospital (27/06)
 Vietnam to focus on improving healthcare (21/05)
 Hanoi, Vientiane advance health cooperation (08/05)
 Kien Giang province gets public hospital (02/05)
 New vaccine to help battle cholera (12/04)
 Food hygiene quality and safety month launched (12/04)
 Influenza type A vaccine test successful (03/04)
 Free surgery for victims of bone, joint diseases (28/03)
 Capital to get more cholera vaccines (19/03)
 Ethnic people’s medicinal herbs preserved (19/03)
 Viet Nam, Laos to further medical cooperation (18/03)
 Health workers urged to take up challenge for change (25/02)
 All drugstores to apply GPP standards by 2013 (22/02)
 Viet Nam to contribute to building World for Children (13/02)
 Foreign, domestic investors join forces to build hospitals (20/11)
 Gov't encourages investment in new hospitals (19/11)
 Japan donates medical equipment to Binh Phuoc (16/10)
 10,000 people joins charitable march for heart patients (29/09)
 Non-infectious diseases on the rise, ministry warns (21/09)
 EC Ambassador awarded health insignia (26/05)
 Helping hand for the disabled at home (20/04)
 Activities mark Day of the Disabled throughout the country (19/04)
 Nearly 700,000 signatures collected to support Vietnamese A/O victims (04/04)
 US war veteran provides AO victims with 4,000 USD (29/03)
 Golf tournament raises funds for City’s visually challenged (28/03)
 Art auction raises money for disadvantaged children, elderly (25/03)