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Dental public coverage: Vietnam, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Vietnam: Partial. Social health insurance (BHYT) pays for dental examinations and basic dental procedures at contracted facilities at MOH-set prices (e.g. extractions, fissure sealing, root-canal treatment, filling of primary teeth); dentures are excluded by law. Orthodontic/cosmetic coverage not verified. in 2025, according to National Assembly of Viet Nam Law 51/2024/QH15 amending the Law on Health Insurance. Basis: other.
Comparability B Confidence high
Cite this
National Assembly of Viet Nam (text hosted on Nghệ An provincial public-service portal). (2026). Dental public coverage: Vietnam, as of 2025-07-01 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/vn/dental-public-coverage/2025/
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Record
- Value
- Partial. Social health insurance (BHYT) pays for dental examinations and basic dental procedures at contracted facilities at MOH-set prices (e.g. extractions, fissure sealing, root-canal treatment, filling of primary teeth); dentures are excluded by law. Orthodontic/cosmetic coverage not verified.
- Unit
- text
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
8. Sử dụng thiết bị y tế thay thế bao gồm chân giả, tay giả, mắt giả, răng giả, kính mắt, máy trợ thính, phương tiện trợ giúp vận động trong khám bệnh, chữa bệnh và phục hồi chức năng.
English: (Not covered by health insurance:) 8. Use of replacement medical devices including artificial legs, artificial arms, artificial eyes, dentures, spectacles, hearing aids, mobility aids in medical examination, treatment and rehabilitation.
Locator: Law 51/2024/QH15 Art.1 point 18 amending Art.23 clause 8 of the Law on Health Insurance (cases not entitled to HI benefits)
Local definition
Luật Bảo hiểm y tế (Law on Health Insurance) as amended by Law 51/2024/QH15, effective 1 July 2025
Source
National Assembly of Viet Nam (text hosted on Nghệ An provincial public-service portal): Law 51/2024/QH15 amending the Law on Health Insurance (full text). Registry entry: vn-luat-bhyt-51-2024.
Notes
Inclusions evidenced by the BHYT technical-service price list under MOH Circular 22/2023/TT-BYT as applied by a public district health centre (Krông Năng, Đắk Lắk): 'Khám Răng hàm mặt 33,200', 'Nhổ răng vĩnh viễn lung lay ... 105,000', 'Nhổ răng vĩnh viễn ... 218,000', 'Trám bít hố rãnh ... 224,000', 'Nhổ răng sữa 40,700' (VND), https://yte.daklak.gov.vn/images_upload/imgND/BHKN/files/tt22.PDF (rows 8, 170, 176, 183, 770-776). Benefit level depends on member category (80-100%) and facility level. Text of the law page is hosted on the Nghệ An provincial public-service portal; official gazette (vbpl.vn) returned 403.
Metric definition
What public (social or national) health insurance pays for in dental care; short text, original scope noted All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Partial. Social health insurance (BHYT) pays for dental examinations and basic dental procedures at contracted facilities at MOH-set prices (e.g. extractions, fissure sealing, root-canal treatment, filling of primary teeth); dentures are excluded by law. Orthodontic/cosmetic coverage not verified. | other | Comparability B | Law 51/2024/QH15 amending the Law on Health Insurance (full text) |
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