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On #WorldEnvironmentDay, @uninvietnam Heads of Agency come together to talk about our favorite things to do in our beloved #Hanoi, when the air is clean and the sky is blue.
#CleanAir
#OurAirOurHealth
https://t.co/JZhk9sL97j
The right to breathe clean air is one of the most fundamental rights of every person on our 🌏
So, to help everyone enjoy the beauty of clean air and blue sky days, WHO and other United Nations 🇺🇳agencies in Viet Nam 🇻🇳are committed to joining hands with Govt & other partners to create a brighter, healthier and greener future for all.
What do you like to do when the air is clean and the sky is blue?
Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay, from our @WHO team in Viet Nam, including Dr @angepratt and @UNICEF_vietnam, @unwomenvietnam, @UNFPAAsiaPac, @UNDPVietNam, @uninvietnam, @unfpa_vietnam, @IOMVietNam, @UNIDOVIETNAM, @unescobangkok, @ptamesis, @RamlaKhalidi, @MattJacksonUN #WED #AirQuality
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Strong country leadership is essential to achieving #HealthForAll.
That's why @WHO is building its new WHO Representative (WR) Talent Pipeline to identify and prepare the next generation of public health leaders to serve as WHO's most senior representatives at country level: https://t.co/kSLOElYCKT
We're looking for experienced public health leaders with strong international experience and a commitment to working with governments and partners across diverse country contexts.
Viet Nam is turning the tide on child drowning! 🌊
Heroes like Mai Van Chuyen in Dak Lak Province are offering free swimming lessons and water safety skills to children in rural communities.
Thanks to programmes on survival swimming, water safety education, communication campaigns and community‑based interventions all around the country, Viet Nam is saving lives.
📘 5.8 million children aged 6–16 had swimming lessons from 2021 to 2024.
📉Child drowning deaths dropped by more than 20% from 2020 to 2025.
Together, we can keep every child safe. 🙌👦🌊
Read the media release here: https://t.co/42JdljEXID
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#WorldDrowningPreventionDay #DrowningPrevention #VietNam
Viet Nam's new road safety law comes into force on the eve of a crucial @UN summit on #RoadSafety
Children must now be safely fastened in cars. This matters because child restraints reduce the risk of death in a crash by up to 71%
@WHOVietnam has more 👉 https://t.co/0NKYsIPEzQ
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Today, the Ministry of Health and @WHO in #VietNam launched a joint work programme at a ceremony in Ha Noi, alongside Vice-Minister of Health, Mr Le Duc Luan.
Our collaboration is focused on the big public health challenges that will shape Viet Nam’s health for decades to come, including:
🔹 Strengthening grassroots health care
🔹 Earlier disease detection and stronger prevention
🔹 Enhancing digital technology in health
🔹 Security against new and resurging diseases, and other health security threats
🔹 Mitigating climate and environmental risks such as air pollution, and ensuring the health system is more resilient to climate threats.
At the ceremony, WHO Representative Dr @angepratt commended the country’s strong national leadership – including from Minister of Health Madame Dao Hong Lan – as well as technical excellence and sustained investment. Together, these factors have helped Viet Nam achieve remarkable progress in health recently.
And she pledged WHO’s ongoing support, together with partners.
“Every day, I am mindful of the enormous privilege it is for WHO to accompany Viet Nam on its health reform journey. You can count on us to continue to work alongside you, to deliver stronger health outcomes and lasting impact for the people of Viet Nam.”
#HealthForAll
The World Health Organization Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala was honoured to meet General Secretary and President of Viet Nam To Lam, recently in Manila.
General Secretary and President To Lam expressed appreciation for the role of WHO at the global and regional levels in assisting countries, including Viet Nam, to improve their health capacity and protect and care for public health.
Dr Saia assured Viet Nam of WHO’s continued collaboration to support the health of the people of Viet Nam and acknowledged the country’s successes in advancing public health and achievements in, amongst other things, preventing the harmful effects of tobacco.
Viet Nam continues to emerge as an important regional and global leader in health, and WHO is committed to continued close collaboration with Government and Party leadership, the MOH and many international and local partners, for a stronger, healthier and safer Viet Nam.
Photo credit: Viet Nam News
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Sức khỏe là vàng. #Health is gold.
A simple yet profound Vietnamese saying that underpinned my memorable conversation with His Excellency President Tô Lâm - whom I had the privilege of meeting amid his state visit to the Philippines, where the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office is based.
His Excellency, who also leads the Viet Nam Communist Party, assumes his leadership roles at a remarkable moment in his country’s trajectory.
Over the past 80 years of independence, Viet Nam has transformed from a war-torn, impoverished nation into a model for public health.
Life expectancy at birth has risen from under 40 years to over 74 years today.
Infant and under-5 mortality rates have dropped sharply, alongside the eradication of neonatal tetanus and #polio.
#Immunization has helped contain #measles and Japanese encephalitis, protecting millions of children.
Aggressive initiatives have drastically reduced #tuberculosis prevalence and brought the country very close to its malaria elimination target.
Vietnam has achieved over 90% health insurance coverage. The country has a comprehensive three-tier delivery model – at central, provincial and commune levels - to guarantee access to health services even in remote regions.
I congratulated His Excellency on these wide-ranging triumphs, even as we discussed the challenges that remain - and new opportunities to be harnessed.
The growing burden of non-communicable diseases – from cardiovascular diseases to #diabetes and #cancer – is being tackled through a dual focus on disease prevention and primary health care.
Viet Nam has taken landmark steps towards tackling the harms of tobacco - at a time when new nicotine products aimed at young consumers are endangering a new generation.
Megatrends, including climate-related health impacts and population #ageing, are being addressed through innovative approaches under accelerating health reforms.
The Government is embracing digital technology to bring about efficiencies and expand access to health care including in remote areas.
Absorbing the lessons of COVID-19, Viet Nam is further strengthening health emergency preparedness mechanisms, including under the updated International Health Regulations – so vital in our interconnected region and world.
Complementing all this is the urgent need to further develop and strengthen the health workforce.
President Tô Lâm expressed Viet Nam’s wish that WHO provide significant support on all these fronts.
In turn, His Excellency noted that Viet Nam has a long history of traditional medicine, fully integrated into the national healthcare system alongside Western medicine, and is keen to share its knowledge across our region and globally.
Viet Nam’s founding father, Hồ Chí Minh once said, “Health is the greatest asset of each person and all of society. Health is the foundation of happiness for all, and for the development of the country.”
Xin cam on – thank you, Your Excellency, for your leadership as we work together to achieve #HealthForAll.
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This week in Geneva, the World Health Assembly - the annual summit where more than 190 member countries set global health priorities and that serves as @WHO's supreme decision-making body - is tackling public health and universal health care issues such as pandemic preparedness and climate change.
At the Assembly, Viet Nam 🇻🇳reaffirmed its commitment to global health cooperation in the face of shared challenges - from emerging health threats and the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases to the impacts of climate change.
In remarks delivered on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, Health Vice Minister Vu Manh Ha, highlighted 3 key national priorities, also linked to regional and global imperatives:
✅strengthening primary health care
✅advancing global health security and
✅accelerating action on climate resilient and sustainable health systems.
@WHOVietNam is honored to work closely with the Government of Viet Nam and other key partners, as Viet Nam continues to emerge as a regional and global health leader, and in building a stronger, more resilient health system and a safer future for all. #WHA79
Kudos to all our health partners in Viet Nam - and indeed across the @WHO Western Pacific Region - who do all they can to safeguard the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities from the harms of tobacco use.
As we approach World No Tobacco Day, it's wonderful to recognize and acknowledge our 'tobacco warriors'!
Our Region has made great strides in taking on Big Tobacco - but we still have a ways to go, and can't be complacent!
Let's renew our efforts, even as we celebrate the achievements already made.
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Four organizations in Viet Nam were honored globally by WHO this week with #WorldNoTobaccoDay Awards for their outstanding contributions to protecting families and communities from tobacco-related harm!
Vice Minister Mr Vu Manh Ha received the awards from WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on behalf of all the award winners:
🏆Department of Legislation, Ministry of Health
🏆Health Policy and Strategy Institute
🏆Poison Control Center Bach Mai Hospital
🏆Viet Nam National Tobacco Control Fund.
The awards celebrate Viet Nam’s commitment to a stronger and healthier future.
Major recent milestones include tax reforms that are estimated to:
✅ Help 2.1 million people in Viet Nam quit or avoid smoking by 2031
✅ Prevent 700,000 premature deaths over the coming decades
✅ Generate VND 24,000 billion in additional annual Government revenue by 2031 and
✅ Reduce access to low-cost cigarette brands, especially among vulnerable youth.
❤ WHO Viet Nam warmly congratulates all the award winners and is proud to be working together with you for a stronger, safer and healthier Viet Nam!
Leadership & humanity.
#ProudToBeWHO
Dear people of Tenerife,
Greetings from Geneva. It is Tedros again.
Our work in Tenerife is done. And it was done with grace.
Last Monday, I stood at the port of Granadilla de Abona and watched the last of the passengers from the MV Hondius board the vehicles that would carry them home. I watched health workers in protective equipment move with calm professionalism. I watched Spanish officials coordinate with quiet precision. And I watched and felt your support and solidarity.
And I thought of the letter I wrote to you just days ago, and how everything that your Spanish Government and the @WHO promised came to pass, exactly as described.
More than 120 people from 23 countries have safely disembarked and are now being cared for and monitored by public health professionals while in transit or upon arrival in their home countries. They arrived in fear and uncertainty. They left carrying something they could not have expected to find in Tenerife: the dignity of being cared for by strangers from your community, and people around the world, who chose to help. The risk assessment held. The protocols worked. The corridor held. Science and solidarity operated in coordination, as they must, as they can, when we trust each other.
But I do not want this moment to be remembered only as a logistical success. What happened here in Tenerife was something rarer than competence. It was moral courage, the willingness of an entire island, an entire nation, to say: these are human beings, and we will not turn away from them.
The government of Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon honoured its obligations under international law and then went beyond them, with warmth, speed and care. Ministers @Monica_Garcia_G, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and @avtorresp led with great commitment. The port authorities of Granadilla executed a complex operation flawlessly. The health teams who boarded that ship, who stood at the port gates, who rode in those vehicles: they did their jobs not because it was easy, but because it was right.
To Captain Jan Dobrogowski and his 26-member crew still onboard of the MV Hondius and sailing now to the Netherlands: you held your passengers together through weeks of grief and confinement. History will not forget that.
To you, the people of Tenerife, who opened your island not with applause or fanfare but with quiet, steady acceptance: I want you to know what that means to the world. You may never meet the passengers and crew who transited your port. But those 150 people and their families know that somewhere in the Atlantic, there was an island community that said “yes.” That community was you.
We live in a time when it is easy to close doors, to turn inward, to let fear harden into hostility. Tenerife chose differently. You have written something into the record of how humanity responds to crisis, and the WHO will carry that record forward.
Three people died aboard the Hondius. Their families are grieving. The conclusion of this operation does not erase that grief, and I do not want it to. Behind every public health response there are real lives, real losses and real families who will carry this forever.
We also learned of the loss of a member of the @guardiacivil of Tenerife, who died of a heart attack while serving during this operation. He was here because of duty and commitment to his community. I extend my deepest condolences to his family, his colleagues, and to the entire Guardia Civil. His service will not be forgotten.
The best immunity we have is solidarity. Tenerife has proven this, not as a slogan, but as a way to work, and to live.
I will confess something personal. Last Monday, before the last group of passengers departed, I walked through part of your city, alone. The island was going about its day, and I found Tenerife to be genuinely beautiful: the place, yes, but above all the people. The warmth I encountered from some people who recognised me, even in the briefest exchanges, stayed with me.
I wish I had come under different circumstances, on a WHO conference perhaps, or better still, simply with my family to rest. That is a wish I intend to honour. I look forward to returning to Tenerife as a visitor, not as a crisis responder, to see it the way it deserves to be seen, slowly and without urgency, with my family beside me.
On behalf of the World Health Organization, on behalf of the passengers now home, and on behalf of those families around the world who watched this island with hope: thank you. From the depth of my heart, thank you.
I also want to thank my colleagues from WHO headquarters and from our Regional Office @WHO_Europe in Copenhagen, who stood with me in Tenerife, and those who supported us tirelessly from afar. This was a team effort in every sense of the word.
But for us, the job is not yet done, until every passenger and crew is out of quarantine and reunited with their loved ones.
With profound respect, admiration and gratitude,
Tedros
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🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳 Each year in Viet Nam, more than 12,000 lives are sadly lost to TB. But we know the disease is preventable and curable.
At the 2025 Annual Review, planning 2026 and launch of the National TB Strategic Plan 2026-2030, held in Ha Noi this week, health leaders and partners came together to reaffirm a shared commitment to a TB-free future. Viet Nam’s World TB Day theme this year is - “Integrating TB detection into routine health check-ups for every citizen” – which underscores the importance of expanding early diagnosis, strengthening health staff capacity, ensuring sustainable domestic funding and ultimately saving more lives.
🌟WHO would like to thank the National TB Programme at the National Lung Hospital and the support of The Global Fund. We are honored and remain committed to supporting the Government of Viet Nam in the journey to end TB.
📌 Read the event speech by WHO Representative in Viet Nam, Dr Angela Pratt: https://t.co/7j3sHjYneV
To the people of Tenerife,
My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the @WHO, the @UN agency responsible for global public health. It is not common for me to write directly to the people of a single community, but today I feel it is not only appropriate, it is necessary.
I want to speak to you directly, not through press releases or technical briefings, but as one human being to another, because you deserve that.
I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word “outbreak” and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment.
But I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID-19. the current public health risk from #hantavirus remains low. My colleagues and I have said this unequivocally, and I will say it again to you now.
The virus aboard the MV Hondius is the Andes strain of hantavirus. It is serious. Three people have lost their lives, and our hearts go out to their families. The risk to you, living your daily life in Tenerife, is low. This is the WHO’s assessment, and we do not make it lightly.
Right now, there are no symptomatic passengers on board. A WHO expert is on that ship. Medical supplies are in place. Spain’s authorities have prepared a careful, step-by-step plan: passengers will be ferried ashore at the industrial port of Granadilla, far from residential areas, in sealed, guarded vehicles, through a completely cordoned-off corridor, and repatriated directly to their home countries. You will not encounter them. Your families will not encounter them.
I also want to say something else, something that goes beyond the science.
I personally thanked Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon for #Spain’s decision to receive this ship. I called it an act of solidarity and moral duty. Because that is what it is. I want you to know that the WHO’s request to Spain was not made arbitrarily. It was made in full accordance with the International Health Regulations, the legally binding framework that defines the rights and obligations of countries and the WHO when responding to public health events of international concern. Under those rules, the nearest port with sufficient medical capacity must be identified to ensure the safety and dignity of those on board. Tenerife met that standard. Spain honoured it. Nearly 150 people from 23 countries have been at sea for weeks, some of them grieving, all of them frightened, all of them longing for home. Tenerife has been chosen because it has the medical capacity, the infrastructure, and the humanity to help them reach safety.
And because I believe that so deeply, I will be there myself. I intend to travel to Tenerife to observe this operation firsthand, to stand alongside the health workers, port staff, and officials who are making it happen, and to personally pay my respects to an island that has responded to a difficult situation with grace, solidarity, and compassion. Your humanity deserves to be witnessed, not just acknowledged from a distance.
As I have said many times: viruses do not care about politics, and they do not respect borders. The best immunity any of us has is solidarity.
Tenerife is demonstrating that solidarity today. The ship’s captain, Jan Dobrogowski, crew and the company operating the vessel have shown exemplary collaboration at this challenging time. On behalf of the World Health Organization, and on behalf of those passengers and their families around the world, I thank the people of Tenerife and everyone else involved.
Please take care of yourselves and of each other. Trust in the preparations that have been made. And know that the WHO stands with you, and with every person on that ship, every step of the way.
With respect, care, and gratitude,
Tedros
Three suspected #hantavirus case patients have just been evacuated from the ship and are on their way to receive medical care in the Netherlands in coordination with @WHO, the ship’s operator and national authorities from Cabo Verde, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands.
WHO continues to work with the ship’s operators to closely monitor the health of passengers and crew, working with countries to support appropriate medical follow-up and evacuation where needed. Monitoring and follow-up for passengers on board and for those who have already disembarked has been initiated in collaboration with the ship’s operators and national health authorities.
WHO thanks all those involved.
At this stage, the overall public health risk remains low.
Congratulations to #Australia for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
Trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, no longer represents a public health problem in the country.
Australia is the 30th country to achieve this milestone, contributing to global progress towards the targets set out in the WHO road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030.
https://t.co/0bO1S8KqfD
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Congratulations, Australia 🇦🇺, on eliminating #trachoma — the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — as a public health problem.
Australia is the 30th country in the world to achieve this milestone.
This marks a significant achievement for the health of Indigenous peoples and for global efforts to combat neglected tropical diseases. https://t.co/6XiSveHyMX
Driven to End Malaria. Now We Can. Now We Must!
Viet Nam has made remarkable progress against #malaria over the past three decades. Case counts have plummeted from millions of cases in the 1990s to a fraction of that today.
As we recognize World Malaria Day 2026, the road to Viet Nam being malaria-free is entering its final and hardest stretch.
Read here about how in the remote mountains of Lai Chau, health workers are going door to door to deliver life-saving medicines—protecting entire communities and stopping malaria before it spreads.
Read the full story here: https://t.co/ljcCkTCxfr...
In March in Central Viet Nam, a race against time highlighted the power of collaboration, when three young brothers were hospitalized with suspected botulism and no urgently needed antitoxin available in Viet Nam. Botulism antitoxin is a rare, critical medicine that can significantly improve recovery chances if administered promptly.
Within hours of the alert, WHO Viet Nam worked hand in hand with national and local health authorities, WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office and WHO headquarters to mobilize the antitoxin from the global stockpile in Geneva, with partners, including the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency @KoreaDCA , supporting urgent financing and logistics.
Through close coordination across countries, time zones and teams, the treatment reached the hospital bedsides in less than 48 hours of the initial alert — helping save three young lives and showing what is possible when we act together with purpose.
Read the full story here:
https://t.co/w0N6sMsYy1
Photo credit: Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital – Provided by the MoH
In March in Central Viet Nam, a race against time highlighted the power of collaboration, when three young brothers were hospitalized with suspected botulism and no urgently needed antitoxin available in Viet Nam. Botulism antitoxin is a rare, critical medicine that can significantly improve recovery chances if administered promptly.
Within hours of the alert, WHO Viet Nam worked hand in hand with national and local health authorities, WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office and WHO headquarters to mobilize the antitoxin from the global stockpile in Geneva, with partners, including the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency @KoreaDCA , supporting urgent financing and logistics.
Through close coordination across countries, time zones and teams, the treatment reached the hospital bedsides in less than 48 hours of the initial alert — helping save three young lives and showing what is possible when we act together with purpose.
Read the full story here:
https://t.co/w0N6sMsYy1
Photo credit: Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital – Provided by the MoH
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