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 VietNamNet Bridge - The structure of the health sector is disturbed and it no longer fits the current situation (the half-subsidized health sector operating in the market economy).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aims to heighten the average stature of men and women at the age of 18 to 168.5cm and 157.5cm respectively by the year 2030, according to a 20-year national programme

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2004 Ordinance on Religion and Belief will be amended to keep pace with rapid changes in society, a conference was told in Hanoi on May 29.

VietNamNet Bridge - The gap in the level of expertise among physicians is increasingly widening, breaking the structure of the current health care system in Vietnam, which is divided by levels.

VietNamNet Bridge - The structure of the health sector is disturbed and it no longer fits the current situation (the half-subsidized health sector operating in the market economy).

The list of the investors, foreign and domestic, who decide to inject money in the healthcare sector, has been prolonged.