Tags: health
![ASEAN launches Airborne Infection Defense Platform](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2024/8/11/asean-17233444277722051080776-0-0-1225-1960-crop-17233444302361136812978.jpg)
ASEAN launches Airborne Infection Defense Platform
Society 11/08/2024 09:03VGP - The Airborne Infection Defense Platform (AIDP) was officially launched in Vientiane, Laos on August 8.
![Life expectancy in Viet Nam increases rapidly](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2024/7/11/danso-17206913974981291210232-32-0-518-777-crop-172069140023836843198.jpg)
Life expectancy in Viet Nam increases rapidly
Society 11/07/2024 17:23VGP - The average life expectancy for Vietnamese people is increasing rapidly, from 65.5 years in 1993 to 74.5 years in 2023, considerably high for countries at similar income levels, according to Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
![Health ministry asks for strengthening diagnosis and treatment of diphtheria](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2024/7/11/bachau-17206822769631378516576-0-0-360-576-crop-1720682280492812466133.jpg)
Health ministry asks for strengthening diagnosis and treatment of diphtheria
Society 11/07/2024 17:17VGP - The Ministry of Health has urged Nghe An and Bac Giang province tp strengthen the diagnosis and treatment of diphtheria after the two localities reported dosen of infections, including one death.
![UNICEF applauds Viet Nam’s progress on health and education institutions](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2023/12/6/rana-17018281612691090267403-0-43-360-619-crop-1701828164385546116363.jpg)
UNICEF applauds Viet Nam’s progress on health and education institutions
Society 06/12/2023 09:49VGP - UNICEF speaks highly of the Government's recent decisions that create social work and counselling positions in health and education institutions.
![Gov't approves national strategy for pharmaceutical industry development through 2030](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2023/10/10/duoc-1696908448227267337701-0-0-375-600-crop-1696908451288368124800.jpg)
Gov't approves national strategy for pharmaceutical industry development through 2030
Society 10/10/2023 15:18VGP - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision approving the national strategy for the development of the pharmaceutical industry through 2030, with a vision to 2045.
![WHO Director-General hails Viet Nam’s medical achievements](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2023/10/5/who-16964914011851595451529-25-0-413-620-crop-16964914034711578033409.jpg)
WHO Director-General hails Viet Nam’s medical achievements
Society 05/10/2023 18:39VGP - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed achievements of the Vietnamese health sector in his congratulatory video on October 5.
![UNDP-developed software helps strengthen capacity of Viet Nam’s health system](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2023/7/20/undp-1689842939982685102208-0-0-1250-2000-crop-1689842945061227597719.jpg)
UNDP-developed software helps strengthen capacity of Viet Nam’s health system
Society 20/07/2023 22:06VGP - The “Doctor for Everyone” software is fully aligned with the strategy of the Government to upgrade and strengthen the capacity of the health system at all levels.
![WHO Director-General lauds Viet Nam's public health achievements](https://bcp.cdnchinhphu.vn/zoom/270_169/344443456812359680/2023/4/8/who-16809222521111528022658-60-0-1310-2000-crop-168092226139393942809.jpg)
WHO Director-General lauds Viet Nam's public health achievements
Society 08/04/2023 19:44VGP - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General highly lauded Viet Nam’s public health achievements in his remarks marking the World Health Day (April 7).