Healthcare costs to rise

by VTV427 October 2015 Last updated at 11:21 AM

VTV.vn - The Vietnam Social Insurance Agency has announced more rises in health services prices on Monday as part of moves to ratchet up prices by 5 to 7 times their current rate.

Healthcare prices at a national level are expected to double, while district and provincial prices will dramatically increase five-fold. Hospital fee snow will be based on the maximum hospitalization rates since 2013 take into account salaries and special allowances for the health sector staff. According to the schedule: from November 15th to the end of February 2016, new medical service prices will include allowances of health staff and includes salary on health services cost from March 1st 2016.

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