ministry of health (vietnam) ministry of health (vietnam) the ministry of health (moh, vietnamese: bộ y tế) is the government ministry responsible for the governance and guidance of the health, healthcare and health industry of vietnam. in conjunction with other ministries and the prime minister's office, the ministry is responsible for creating and promulgating long-term health policy programs such as the "national strategy on nutrition for the 2001 - 2010 period" and the "national policy on injury prevention 2002 - 2010". its main offices are located in ba đình district, hanoi. in november 2019, minister nguyễn thị kim tiến was dismissed from the position because she reached retirement age and deputy prime minister vũ đức đam took charge of the ministry. on 7 july 2020, amidst the covid-19 pandemic, nguyễn thanh long, who is a professor specialized in infectious diseases, was temporarily appointed for the position, acting as the minister of health. on 12 november 2020, he officially became the minister of health. he held the post until june 7th 2022, when he was relieved of duty by the national assembly following corruption allegations regarding the viet a covid-19 test kit scandal. socialist republic of vietnamministry of healthbộ y tếlogoministry overviewformed28 august 1945preceding ministryministry of health (1945-1946) ministry of social affairs, health, humanitarian support and labour (1946) ministry of health (1946-present)typegovernment ministryjurisdictiongovernment of vietnamheadquarters138a giang vo street, kim ma ward, ba dinh district, hanoiannual budget13.654 billions vnd (2018)minister responsibleđào hồng landeputy minister responsibleđỗ xuân tuyênnguyễn trường sơntrần văn thuấnnguyễn thị liên hươngwebsitemoh.gov.vn ministerial units department of communications and reward department of maternal health and children department of medical equipment and works department of health insurance department of planning and finance department of organisation and personnel department of international cooperation department of legislation office of the ministry health strategy and policy institute ministry inspectorate general department of preventive medicine agency of hiv/aids prevention agency of food safety agency of health environment agency of science, technology and training agency of medical services administration agency of traditional medicine administration agency of drug administration agency of information technology directorate of population and family planning administrative units health strategy and policy institute health and lifestyle newspaper journal of medicine and pharmacy