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Vietnam upgrades premium healthcare to attract high-spending patients

05:03 | 14/08/2019

Vietnam is planning healthcare upgrades to reduce Vietnamese spending on treatment abroad and to attract more foreign patients.

  • Vietnam-based healthcare startup raises $5m from Singaporean fund

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

     Vietnamese based healthcare start-up JIO Health has clinched US$5 million in a Series A financing round led by Singapore venture firm Monk’s Hill Ventures, according to the news site Tech in Asia.

  • GE opens second Anesthesia and Intensive Care Simulation Center in Vietnam

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    GE Healthcare and VietMedical have partnered with University Medical Center (UMC) to launch the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Simulation Center in Ho Chi Minh City today, aimed at providing training to healthcare professionals in the Southern Vietnam.

  • Family doctor clinics struggle to attract patients

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    Family doctor service facilities at grassroots level in HCMC are struggling with a shortage of patients as district-level hospitals or clinics are still preferred to such lower-ranking healthcare stations.

  • Private hospitals may lose insured patients next year

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    Nearly 200 private hospitals nationwide may lose huge numbers of patients with health insurance policies next year given a new regulation of Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

  • Healthcare sector attracts more investments

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    Vietnam has been witnessing a new wave of investments in hospitals since 2015 after the government called for different sources of funding in the healthcare sector.

  • Hospitals: new target for investors

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    The ongoing patient overload at state-owned hospitals and the $2 billion that Vietnamese spend on overseas healthcare services are drawing more investors to hospital projects.

  • Hanoi hospitals seek external funding

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    In a bid to raise capital and improve medical treatment services, Hanoi is seeking both local and foreign investors to buy stakes in public hospitals it owns.

  • Draft on way for hospitals to appoint CEOs

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    Health Ministry to submit draft to government next year following overseas research and study on non-healthcare professionals taking on CEO roles.

  • Second hospital fee hike postponed

    05:03 | 14/08/2019

    The Ministry of Health and Vietnam Social Insurance said on August 1 that the second round of hospital fee increase this year has been delayed.