Tuesday, 08/07/2025 21:22 (GMT+7)

Hanoi celebrates World Population Day

The Hanoi ceremony highlighted efforts to ensure all citizens, especially women and youth, can access accurate information and healthcare services to make informed reproductive choices.
Ảnh đại diện tin bài

Le Thanh Dung, Director of the Population Authority under the Ministry of Health, speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi authorities have reiterated the city’s commitment to raising public awareness on gender equality, promoting appropriate marriage and childbirth ages, and enhancing access to reproductive health services at the grassroots level.

The municipal Department of Health held a ceremony on July 8 to mark the World Population Day (July 11). Themed “Reproductive Autonomy in a Changing World”, the event highlighted efforts to ensure all citizens, especially women and youth, can access accurate information and healthcare services to make informed reproductive choices.

Deputy Director of the Health Department Tran Van Chung emphasised the need for enhanced and integrated leadership over the implementation of the population policy in the new context, stronger communications, improved local services, and protection of reproductive rights.

The city has made notable progress over the past years, he noted, elaborating that it has maintained replacement-level fertility, raised the rates of pregnant women screened prenatally for the four most common congenital diseases to 85%, and increased the rate of newborns screened for the five most common congenital diseases to 90%.

The young people provided with pre-marital health check and advice now account for 82%. Meanwhile, the sex ratio at birth is gradually put under control. Hanoi has also introduced programmes for youth and elderly care, Chung added.

Le Thanh Dung, Director of the Ministry of Health's Population Authority, urged the city to continue advancing its population projects, strengthen inter-agency coordination, and ensure service delivery remains uninterrupted amid administrative restructuring./.

 
VNA
Vietnam won 4 Gold Medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad for the first time
Vietnam won 4 Gold Medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad for the first time

The 4 Gold Medals of the 2025 International Chemistry Olympiad belong to the following students: Ngo Quang Minh (grade 12, Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted, Bac Ninh province, ranked 7th); Nguyen Hoang Khoi (grade 12, High School for the Gifted, Hanoi National University of Education , ranked 10th); Giang Duc Dung (grade 12, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences - VNU, ranked 14th) and Nguyen Manh Tuan (grade 11, Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, Hanoi, ranked 37th).

The healthcare system urges the public to participate in blood donation
The healthcare system urges the public to participate in blood donation

During the peak months of July and August 2025, the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion needs at least 90,000 units of blood to supply 180 hospitals in the northern region. However, despite continuous efforts, the reserve blood is still short of 30,000 units. In particular, blood type O, the most commonly used blood type, is at an alarming level, requiring up to 15,000 units of blood.

From 2026 onward, everyone will have access to free regular health check-ups
From 2026 onward, everyone will have access to free regular health check-ups

At a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long on the afternoon of July 8, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong said that the Politburo's draft Resolution on breakthroughs in public health care clearly states the policy of free periodic health check-ups or screening according to professional requirements for all people from next year.

Expanding telehealth is on Vietnam’s agenda to better serve communities in hard-to-reach areas
Expanding telehealth is on Vietnam’s agenda to better serve communities in hard-to-reach areas

During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020 during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanoi Medical University Hospital launched its first trial telehealth sessions, connecting doctors in the capital with patients in Lao Cai, Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces. Hanoi Medical University Hospital launched its first trial telehealth sessions, connecting doctors in the capital with patients in Lao Cai, Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces.

Logo Báo điện tử Thừa Thiên Huế
© Copyright 2024 Children’s Health
Hotline: Hanoi - (024) 37 765 156 / HoChiMinh City - 0936813116
Logo Tạp chí Sức khỏe Trẻ em
Children's Health Magazine
Address: No. 42 Ngo Thi Nham, Ha Noi.
Phone: 0988158008; 0971251286.
Email: suckhoetreem2024@gmail.com.
Licence No. 526/GP-BVHTT dated December 12, 2002 by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
STK: 0021000568719, Ngân hàng Vietcombank
Please clearly cite the source as Children's Health Magazine when republishing information from this website.
Designed by TriNamGroup
Content Managers:
Editor-in-chief: Dr. Tran Doan Tien
Deputy Editor-in-chief:Dr. Nguyen Van Minh
Head of Southern Representative Office:Dr. Nguyen Chi Tan
Head of Editorial Secretariat: Pham Viet Hung
Director of the Communications Center: Ha Dieu Hien
Deputy Head of Management Board: Le Minh Nam
Please clearly cite the source as Children's Health Magazine when republishing information from this website.
Designed by TriNamGroup