NDO - As many as 677 students from 22 Australia’s Universities will come to Vietnam to study and practice through 47 different projects in 2020, as announced by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam on November 15. 

NDO – The Ministry of Health (MoH) officially opened its official portal at moh.gov.vn on November 13, with the participation of representatives of Ministry of Information and Communications, Government Office; Department of Health of provinces and cities across the country. 

NDO – Vietnam successfully performed over 4,200 organ transplants as of August 31, 2019, while the total number for this year so far being 521 cases. 

NDO – The Military Hospital 175 (under the Ministry of Defence) officially launched its direct emergency airlift service on November 8, as it put into use a new apron for air emergency to shorten the travel time for transferring patients from Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago to the hospital. 

NDO – The Information Technology Development Project for Smart Healthcare in the 2019-2025 period has been approved by the Minister of Health Care to apply and develop digital and smart technologies in the health sector, contributing to building a modern, high-quality, equal, effective and integrated healthcare system in Vietnam. 

NDO – Vietnam has become one of a few countries in the world to master microtia ear reconstruction (MER), thanks to efforts from the Hanoi-based Vietnam - Germany Friendship Hospital. 

NDO – Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh City-based Binh Dan Hospital have supported Philippine General Hospital (the Philippines) to perform gastric surgeries with robotic arms for two morbidly obese patients weighing over 130kg each. 

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. 

NDO – Vietnam’s TH Group held a ground-breaking ceremony to start the construction of a hi-tech medical and healthcare complex in Dong Anh district, Hanoi on October 14. 

NDO – Vietnam’s first lung transplant patient has recovered well and was discharged from the Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi on October 4, after 1.5 months since undergoing the first lung transplant in Vietnam donated from a brain-dead donor. 

NDO – Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Children's Hospital 1 have successfully separated 1.5-month twin girls who were conjoined in the liver. 

NDO/VNA – About 81% of patients questioned said they are satisfied with medical services in Vietnam, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien cited an independent survey while delivering a speech at a United Nations meeting on September 23. 

NDO – About 30 hospitals have carried out cashless payments so far, contributing to reducing queuing time and improving patient satisfaction, heard an online conference held by the Ministry of Health on September 20. 

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.