DIRECTIVE

REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION OF FREE PERIODIC HEALTH CHECKUP OR SCREENING FOR THE PEOPLE

Resolution No. 72-NQ/TW dated September 9, 2025, of the Politburo on some breakthrough solutions to intensify the protection, care, and improvement of people's health sets forth the requirement for a strong change in awareness and action regarding protection, care for, and improvement of people's health, in order to meet the urgent demands from practice. This involves a strong shift from a mindset focusing on diagnosis and treatment to one focusing on proactive disease prevention; emphasizes the protection, care, and improvement of overall health continuously throughout the life cycle. The resolution sets out the strategic objectives: "From 2026, people will receive free periodic health check-ups or screenings at least once a year, and will have electronic health records created to manage their health throughout their lifecycle, gradually reducing the burden of healthcare costs."

The Government thereby issued Resolution No. 282/NQ-CP dated September 15, 2025, on the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 72-NQ/TW; and the National Assembly thereby issued Resolution No. 261/2025/QH15 dated December 11, 2025, on some special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in protecting, caring for, and improving the people’s health. In recent times, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Public Security, and several competent authorities in provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Tuyen Quang province have proactively developed plans, allocated resources, and organized the implementation of free periodic health check-ups or screenings for the people, contributing to raising awareness in health protection and proactive disease prevention, and improving people's health.

To ensure the synchronized and effective implementation of free annual health check-ups or screenings nationwide, starting in 2026, the Prime Minister requests that Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and city People's Committees focus on directing the implementation of the following key tasks:

1. The Secretaries of the provincial/municipal Executive Committee of the Committee of Communist Party of Vietnam and the Presidents of the People's Committees of the provinces and cities shall:

a) Urgently lead and direct the implementation of tasks related to free periodic health check-ups or screening according to Resolution No. 72-NQ/TW; clearly identify this as a key, regular, and long-term task linked to programs and plans for socio-economic development, ensuring social security, and improving the lives of the people in the area. Striving by 2025, all citizens will receive free periodic health check-ups or screenings and will have their own electronic health record.

b) Mobilize the participation of the entire local political system; promote the role and responsibility of heads of relevant agencies and units, Executive Committees of CPV Committees and local government, in directing and organizing implementation.

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2. The Ministry of Health shall take charge of and cooperate with relevant ministries, agencies, and local authorities in:

a) Further review and issuance of guiding documents for units and administrative divisions on organizing free periodic health check-ups and screening for citizens, ensuring effectiveness, feasibility, and achievement of set objectives.

b) Providing guidance for medical establishments on creating and managing electronic health records; ensuring data connection and integration with the VNeID application; developing and issuing a standard output data format for free periodic health check-ups and screening to uniformly manage and synchronize data with the social insurance database (To be completed by May 2026).

c) Strengthening and improving the capacity of the grassroots and preventive health care systems; ensuring human resources, medical equipment, medicines, and chemicals; organizing training, workshops, and technology transfer for medical staff participating in implementation.

d) Monitoring, urging, inspecting, and supervising the implementation; submitting consolidated reports to the Prime Minister on the situation, implementation results, difficulties, obstacles, and proposals and petitions (if any) on a quarterly basis (before the 10th of the following quarter) or when requested by the competent authorities.

3. The Ministry of Public Security shall take charge of and cooperate with relevant ministries and agencies in:

a) Directing the implementation of effective connection, extraction, and use of the National Population Database and the electronic identification and authentication system to serve the creation and updating of information for managing electronic health records on VNeID and verifying citizens' information when participating in free periodic health check-ups or screenings.

b) Directing the assurance of information security and safety, protection of personal data during the collection, storage, connection, and sharing of health data; proactively preventing, detecting, and taking actions against relevant violations.

4. The Ministry of Education and Training shall take charge of and cooperate with relevant ministries and agencies in:

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5. The Ministry of Finance shall take charge of and cooperate with relevant ministries and agencies in:

a) Allocating funds from the state budget according to the state budget delegation, ensuring efficiency, economy, and compliance with the Law on State Budget and other relevant laws; providing guidance on payments from the state budget and other legitimate sources when necessary.

b) Directing the Vietnam Social Security to promptly receive and synchronize data on periodic health check-ups and screenings; ensuring data connection, interconnection, and sharing with the Electronic Health Record and relevant databases.

6. People's Committees of provinces/cities shall:

a) Develop plans and direct, provide guidance, and cooperate in the organization of free periodic health check-ups and screenings for people in the provinces/cities by target groups, with priority given to war veterans, the elderly, people with disabilities, people from poor and near-poverty households, people with chronic diseases, people living in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, areas with disadvantaged and extremely disadvantaged socio-economic conditions, border areas, islands, etc. according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health to ensure the achievement of the set objectives.

b) Direct the combination of examinations at commune-level health stations and health facilities with the organization of mobile examination campaigns in communities, residential areas, remote areas, disadvantaged and extremely disadvantaged areas, border areas, and islands, in which public medical establishments and grassroots-level health units are the core force; simultaneously, mobilize qualified non-public medical establishments to participate in organizing periodic health check-ups or screenings for the people according to the local plan as prescribed.

c) Allocate resources from the local budget and mobilize other legitimate resources; at the same time, integrate with appropriate programs and projects in the provinces/cities to ensure the effective use of resources to organize free periodic health check-ups or screenings for the people.

d) Gradually strengthen and improve the capacity of commune-level health stations, ensuring sufficient personnel with a appropriate structure to meet the requirements of functions and tasks; increase the number of doctors working at grassroots-level health facilities, with a focus on effectively implementing the mechanism of rotation, transfer, and assignment of medical staff to work for a definite time at commune-level health stations.

d) Regularly inspect and supervise the implementation; submit periodic and ad hoc reports as required to the Ministry of Health for compilation and reporting to the Prime Minister as prescribed, including promptly proposing solutions to overcome difficulties and obstacles (if any).

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8. The Vietnam Fatherland Front and other political - social organizations shall

a) Cooperate with ministries, agencies, and local authorities in strengthening disseminating, encouraging union members, association members, and the people to actively participate in free periodic health check-ups or screenings; raise awareness and change behavior in health care and protection.

b) Mobilize social resources and encourage participation of units, organizations, enterprises, and employers in supporting the implementation of health check-ups and ensuring the conditions for implementation, especially for vulnerable groups, people in remote areas, and disadvantaged areas.

c) Participate in monitoring the organization and implementation of free periodic health check-ups or screenings for the people to ensure transparency, effectiveness, and efficiency.

d) The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor directs all levels of trade unions shall cooperate with employers to disseminating and encouraging union members and workers to participate in free periodic health check-ups or screenings. Intensify inspection and supervision of the implementation of health check-ups and occupational disease examinations; promptly detect and propose strict actions against violations, ensuring the health care rights of workers, especially those in industrial parks, export processing zones, and groups of workers at high risk of occupational diseases.

9. The Committee of Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization shall take charge and closely cooperate with the Ministry of Health, relevant ministries and agencies, local authorities and media outlets, the press in:

a) Directing and intensifying information and communication efforts regarding the policies and benefits of free periodic health check-ups and screening for the people; creating social consensus and encourage people's active participation.

b) Directing central and local press systems to develop special pages and sections, increase broadcast time, and publish content on caring for, protecting, and improving People's health. Intensifying communication on digital platforms and social media; diversifying communication methods to suit different target groups and regions; ensuring accurate, timely, and easily accessible information.

c) Intensifying the discovery, commendation, and replication of good models and effective practices; simultaneously reflecting on and combating misinformation that negatively affects the work of protecting and caring for the People's health.

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11. The Ministry of Health shall monitor, urge, and inspect the implementation of this Directive; prepare and submit periodic, quarterly, and annual reports to competent authorities and the Prime Minister on the results of implementing free periodic health check-ups or screening for the people nationwide.

PP. PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER




Pham Thi Thanh Tra