A 38-year-old woman with multiple organ failure has undergone Vietnam's first combined heart and lung transplant at Viet Duc Hospital, using organs from a brain-dead donor.
A federal investigation reveals serious ethical breaches in Kentucky's organ donation process, raising concerns about the Network for Hope organization.
The ministry of health has proposed to the prime minister that may 20 be designated as vietnam's national organ and tissue donation day to honor donors and promote organ donation, thereby increasing the donor pool.