NDO – Miracle happens as the first lung transplant patient at Hanoi-based Viet Duc Friendship Hospital was discharged from hospital on October 18, marking a milestone in organ transplantation in Vietnam. (Oct 18, 2019 16:04:24)
NDO/VNA – The 18th Hospital Management Asia conference opened in Hanoi on September 11 with the participation of over 2,500 delegates from 28 countries.
NDO – The 14th International Exhibition on Products and Supplies for Medical, Pharmaceutical, Hospital and Rehabilitation (Pharmed and Healthcare Vietnam 2019) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11, featuring more than 600 booths by exhibitors from 25 countries worldwide.
NDO – Japan will assist Vietnam in developing an antimicrobial resistance monitoring system, with an aim to help creating a national report on antibiotic resistance and providing feedback on Vietnam’s infection control.
NDO – On the occasion of the new academic year 2019-2020 that officially opened on September 5, Prof. Dr. Phung Xuan Nha, member of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Minister of Education and Training (MoET), granted an interview with Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper on breakthrough solutions for the basic and comprehensive education and training renewal.
NDO – The 14th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting, with the theme ‘Promoting Health of ASEAN People’, officially opened in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on August 29.
NDO – Over 300 health workers at Viet Duc (Vietnam - German) Friendship Hospital have worked through the night to perform a total of 15 organ transplants in less than a week, setting a new record for the leading medical facility in multi-organ transplantation in Vietnam.
NDO – The third Thang Long International Conference on Cardiology opened in Hanoi on August 17, gathering nearly 2,500 domestic and foreign experts and physicians specialising in cardiology.
NDO – The Ministry of Health (MoH) and Japan’s International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in training and developing human resources for the sector in Hanoi on August 13.
NDO – Vietnam’s first online drug bank was officially launched on August 12 by the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health at www.drugbank.vn, with the goal of offering a database to support drug management in the country.
NDO/VNA – Two chemical compounds, Momilactone A and Momilactone B (MA and MB), that can prevent diabetes, obesity and gout through their ability to inhibit enzymes relating to the diseases, have been found in white rice grown in the central province of Quang Tri, scientists have announced.
NDO – More than one million children in kindergartens and primary schools in the capital city of Hanoi have joined the school milk programme up to now, equivalent to 87.7%.
NDO - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank have jointly launched a knowledge-sharing programme to assist Vietnam to develop new models of elderly care services.
NDO/VNA – More than 500 Buddhist monks, nuns and followers registered for blood donation while 150 people put their names on the list of organ donors at a festival in Hanoi on August 4.
