VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is preparing for lung transplant operations for adults as well as transplantation of limbs, intestines and face with organs from brain-dead donors.

VietNamNet Bridge - The success of the first cross kidney transplant case has brought more hope to patients as the sources of organs for transplant will be expanded.

VietNamNet Bridge - While Italian neurosurgeon Dr Sergio Canavero says a human head transplant surgery may be carried out next year in Vietnam, Vietnamese agencies say they have not been informed about this.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government has allowed the Ministry of Health to grant licenses to tissue banks, including privately run banks. However, it is still unclear who would invest in the field. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese scientists believe that Vietnam has sufficient conditions to carry out human head transplant operations through technology transfer. 

In Dong Thap Province, 60 children were mistakenly injected with distilled water instead of rubella vaccine.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese hospitals have performed 900 kidney transplants, 23 liver and 9 heart transplants so far, while the number of patients who are in need of organ transplant is tens of thousands.