VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to upgrade more than 100 commune health stations – the lowest level medical facilities in the local healthcare system in Vietnam - into mini hospitals, aiming to enhance residents’ healthcare accessibility and reduce the burden on central hospitals.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), launched the project "Strengthening the Capacity Development System for Health Professional through Telemedicine" in Hanoi on July 8.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi People’s Council will question officials on food safety enforcement this week, as part of broader discussions on the city’s economic performance and orientations for the remainder of 2025.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh put forward five key proposals on environmental protection and global health during a high-level session held on July 7 on environment, COP30 and global health as part of the expanded BRICS Summit 2025 in Rio de Janeiro.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines flight VN56 from London (UK) to Hanoi made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport (India) on July 6 to provide urgent medical assistance to a passenger showing abnormal health symptoms.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, showing both sides’ strong commitment to enhancing cooperation in public health and global health security.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued Plan No. 176 to step up food safety measures in preparation for the peak period of events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2), as well as the 18th Hanoi Party Congress and key tasks for the remainder of 2025.

VOV.VN - The country is undergoing one of the fastest rates of population ageing in Asia, with 16.1 million people, making up 16% of the national population, now aged 60 and over, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Jason Derulo, a Grammy-nominated American singer, has cancelled his performance as part of the GAMA Music Racing Festival that took place in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28 evening.

VOV.VN - The 92nd annual meeting of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Committee) opened on June 18 at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO).