Mentally ill patients at the Psychiatric Nursing Care Center in Đa Nang City. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Around 15 percent of Vietnam’s population –approximately 13.5 million people – suffer from 10 of the more common mentaldisorders, reveal statistics released on November 29.
Around 2.8 percent ofVietnamese live with depression, 2.6 percent suffer from anxiety disorder,while 0.47 percent have schizophrenia, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) onlinenewspaper reported.
The data was revealed onNovember 29 at the start of a two-day meeting in Hai Phong City, organised by Laodong va Xa hoi (Labour and Society) magazine and the Social ProtectionDepartment under the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.
Around 200,000Vietnamese people suffer from severe mental illnesses, according to a report byPham Dung from the Medical Committee Netherlands-Việt Nam (MCNV) at themeeting. Of these, 98 percent cannot take care of themselves, 15 percent showviolent behaviour, and 37 percent are yet to receive medication for treatment.
Around 18 percent of familiesof patients with severe mental illnesses reportedly face discrimination fromthe community.
The social protectiondepartment has only 45 centres across the country that offer care for patientswith mental disorders.
Shortage of facilitiesand trained staff were the main challenges faced by the programme to take careof such patients, the department said.
To fix the situation,the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has set targets to providecare and functional rehabilitation services for 90 percent of people with severemental illnesses by 2020. It also aims to conduct awareness programmes so thatlocal communities stop discriminating against patients and their families.— VNA
More and more children and teenagers are being brought to hospitals in HCM City with mental disorders caused by parental pressure to perform well at school and other family-related stress factors, according to doctors.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
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Leading Vietnamese companies specialising in respiratory and dermatological treatments, traditional medicine, immune support supplements, and functional foods will have an opportunity to connect with international distributors and secure export deals.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Mentally ill patients at the Psychiatric Nursing Care Center in Đa Nang City. (Photo: VNA) 
