“Burn excess fat” and “lose weight fast” are familiar advertising phrases for some weight loss drugs, teas and supplements. However, experts warn these products lack scientific evidence and may contain banned substances.

After local hospitals declined surgery due to low birth weight, the couple traveled over 1,000km to Hanoi for a complex cardiac procedure.

A Vietnamese military medical team in South Sudan has successfully performed emergency surgery under field conditions to save a Pakistani worker’s nearly amputated finger, highlighting the unit’s skill.

Authorities in Hanoi have discovered counterfeit drugs in two local pharmacies, some containing as little as 6.3% of their labeled active ingredient.

Around 4 million Vietnamese suffer from asthma, with thousands of deaths yearly due to late treatment and poor disease control.

Health Minister Dao Hong Lan praised the team for their expertise and compassion in saving a fetus from Singapore.

This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition.

Ministry of Health warns of severe demographic risks if selection continues.

Vietnam risks falling behind in medical innovation without major policy reforms.

The number of stroke cases among young people is rising daily in Vietnam. The average stroke age in Vietnam is 10 years younger than the figure in developed countries.

Authorities expose alarming schemes mixing real and fake medicine, while shell companies abroad help illicit drugs enter Vietnam’s market undetected.

“Counterfeit goods in the healthcare industry are not merely commercial fraud but a crime,” said Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan, adding that drug inspections must not be conducted half-heartedly.

Last week alone, there were 916 new cases of HFMD, a surge of 40% compared to the average of the previous four weeks.

According to the World Health Organisation, more than 25,000 COVID-19 cases have been recorded globally over the past month.

Within one week, two female patients were given a new lease on life thanks to lung donations from two men who had been declared brain-dead, according to Director of the National Lung Hospital Dinh Van Luong.

This Omicron sublineage accounts for 83% of recent infections, with mild but fast-spreading symptoms.

The rise in fake medications in Vietnam prompts experts to call for coordinated action and vigilance.

Recently, HCM City has experienced a noticeable increase in COVID-19 cases, with 26 reported in just one week, compared to an average of only 1-2 cases weekly earlier this year.

Working through May 22 night into the early hours of may 23 Friday, local doctors, with support from Viet Duc Friendship Hospital specialists, retrieved the heart, lungs, liver, two kidneys and two corneas from a 37-year-old male donor.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health is currently investigating the advertising content and safety of weight loss supplements endorsed and distributed by DJ Ngan 98 (Vo Thi Ngoc Ngan), following public concerns and regulatory scrutiny.