02-Oct-15 Malaysia is further positioning itself as a healthcare travel destination for Vietnamese, as the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) strengthens its presence in Vietnam, offering a unique healthcare system providing quality care, ease of accessibility and affordability. The new healthcare office shall serve as a medical travel assistance and information centre providing end-to-end facilitation service. [image: Vietnam Investment Review]

01-Oct-15 Vietnam's Ministry of Science & Technology will continue prioritising the national-level key science and technology programme on the application and development of advanced technology serving healthcare activities, pledged Minister Nguyen Quan. Together with mastering molecular biotechnologies in defining disease-causing substances, the programme has also helped raise preventive medicine and vaccine technologies to regional standards. [image: VNA]

15-Sep-15 The prices of vaccines in Vietnam have recently surged by five to ten percent due to scarcity and foreign manufacturers hiking their quotes, according to the Hanoi Preventive Medicine Center. [image: Tuoi Tre News]

15-Sep-15 Five ASEAN private hospital associations have endorsed the “Yangon Declaration” in a bid to enhance cooperation and jointly develop medical service standards in the region. The associations from Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam reached an agreement to deepen cooperation during the Hospital Management Asia (HMA) 2015 held in Yangon. [image: Myanmar Business Times / TPHA]

04-Sep-15 Vietnamese people spend a total of VND1.4-1.6 trillion (US$62.2-71.1 million) each year on treatment of dengue fever, a recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Health has revealed. Every year, approximately 100,800 people suffer from the disease, with 96 succumbing to it. [image: VNA / VNS / Phuong Vy]