Pharma firms uphold fair price mechanisms

Pharma firms uphold fair price mechanisms

Amid Vietnam’s upcoming new rules on drug tenders, multinational pharma giants are advocating price negotiation for an open business environment and predictable policies, in order to make sustainable future investments.
Portrait of a Gold Star professor saving lives

Portrait of a Gold Star professor saving lives

Endoscopy was first introduced in Vietnam by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Cuong. Beyond being known as the father of national ­endoscopy, as well as City ­International Hospital’s brilliant surgeon, he has played a pioneering role in fearlessly taking on e
Life-changing plastic surgery on rise

Life-changing plastic surgery on rise

Vietnam’s technological developments and improvements in human skills in cosmetic plastic surgery is partly answering the demand and is beginning to compete with similar services in other countries across the world. Phuong Hao reports.
FTAs to give fillip to medicine imports

FTAs to give fillip to medicine imports

Despite Vietnam’s restrictions on direct drug distribution by international pharmaceutical companies, more foreign-invested enterprises are seeking opportunities in the lucrative local market...
Vietnam’s state-of-the-art robotics

Vietnam’s state-of-the-art robotics

Vietnam’s medical sector is expected to undergo significant changes in the near future, driven by a trend of applying Artificial Intelligence in light with the technology innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The power of digitalising healthcare in Vietnam

The power of digitalising healthcare in Vietnam

The world’s healthcare sector is surging in the form of digitalisation. Fabrice Leguet, managing director of Siemens Healthineers in Southeast Asia, tells all about the power of digitalising healthcare across the global market, and how Vietnam can harness its potential in doing the same to its healthcare sector.
Hospitals splash out on better tech and services

Hospitals splash out on better tech and services

Despite current improvements in service quality, there remain a number of shortcomings in legislation and performance that the medical sector and hospitals need to address to revert the trend of people going overseas and to go sustainable amid stiffening competition.
Electronics chains prowl drug trade

Electronics chains prowl drug trade

Their long-experience in retail chain operation is the main reason behind many electronics retailers like FPT and Mobile World’s efforts to enter the fragmented pharmaceutical distribution scene.
More gusto for M&A in healthcare

More gusto for M&A in healthcare

Mergers and ­acquisitions in Vietnam’s healthcare sector continued to be robust last year, as both local and ­international partners saw the mutual benefits of teaming up.
Medical tourism model full of potential in Vietnam

Medical tourism model full of potential in Vietnam

As well as discovering the country’s top tourist attractions, visitors can also receive medical treatment on tour, a rising trend of tourism with untapped potential in Vietnam. 
Reforms entice new healthcare players

Reforms entice new healthcare players

Driven by legislative improvements and the impact of major new trade deals, private and foreign investment in the healthcare sector is expected to hit an upward trend.
Raising quality of healthcare

Raising quality of healthcare

Vietnam’s per capita spending on medicine continues to grow at a rapid pace, reaching an estimated $53.54 in 2018. However low-quality drugs and treatment, as well as sky-rocketing prices, remain concerns among locals...