Conditions for medical practice in Vietnam — what businesses, hospitals/clinics and individual practitioners must meet under the 2024-2026 framework
From 1 January 2024, Luật Khám bệnh, chữa bệnh số 15/2023/QH15 replaced the 2009 law and rewrote the architecture of medical practice. Nghị định 96/2023/NĐ-CP and Thông tư 32/2023/TT-BYT detailed the new conditions for both individual practitioners (Giấy phép hành nghề) and establishments (Giấy phép hoạt động). From 1 January 2025 the three-tier system (cấp ban đầu / cấp cơ bản / cấp chuyên sâu) replaced the old four-tier scheme, and from 1 July 2026 Nghị quyết 21/2026/NQ-CP delegates practising licence authority from Bộ Y tế to Chủ tịch UBND cấp tỉnh. A synthesis of the law text on Cổng thông tin Chính phủ and ThuVienPhapLuat, the implementing decree and circular, the delegation resolution, and analysis from kcb.vn, xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn and LuatVietnam.