The Vietnamese Government prioritises resources to improve capacity of the grassroots-level clinics towards universal healthcare coverage and realising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has said.

Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Health o­n May 11 launched a campaign o­n preventing and combating dengue fever in response to ASEAN Dengue Day (June 15).

On the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors' Day ( February 27), we would like to review some outstanding events commemorating This Day.

In October 2018, the World Health Organization announced that Vietnam has successfully eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. o­n January 17, the Government of Vietnam held a celebration in Hanoi to commemorate the elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.

With financial support of World Health Organization (WHO), the National institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE) and the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy nhon (IMPE-QN) coordinated to hold the workshop "Training o­n Malaria Elimination for leaders of Centers for Disease Control/ Preventive Medicine/ Malaria Control in Central region and West-Highlands"

• Workshop on assessment of malaria elimination results and surveillance system in Central Vietnam in 2017 (01/02/2018)
• Community advised to keep vigilant on dengue although dengue infections fall nationwide (11/06/2017)
• Likely increase of dengue fever as rain continues (10/23/2017)
• Hanoi reports about 6,700 dengue cases so far this year (07/31/2017)
• Ministry takes measures against summer infectious diseases (07/24/2017)