A miracle has occurred at Viet Duc University Hospital in Hanoi as doctors successfully performed a simultaneous heart-liver transplant on a 41-year-old patient in critical condition with severe organ failure, the first time ever performed in Vietnam.

Doctors at the Hanoi-based Viet Duc University Hospital have successfully performed a groundbreaking surgery, transplanting a trachea segment from a brain-dead donor and reconstructing an oesophageal stricture for a patient from the central province of Thanh Hoa, its Director Duong Duc Hung said on August 7.

Vietnam has successfully conducted organ transplants from brain-dead donors and is strongly encouraging people to register for organ donation after death, an official has said.

Doctors at Viet Duc University Hospital have successfully performed the 100th multi-organ transplant from a brain-dead donor, marking a new step forward for the hospital and Vietnam’s health sector, said hospital director Prof. Tran Binh Giang on March 23.

Doctors from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City and Viet Duc University Hospital in Hanoi have worked together to conduct several organ transplants donated from a single donor.

Over the past years, Vietnam's health sector has made big strides with and many difficult techniques successfully applied, helping the country gain a foothold on the world medical map.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Viet Duc University Hospital and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on January 21, the day before the Lunar New Year (Tet) - Vietnam’s biggest national festival begins.