A health certificate is one of the most important documents you need when getting a work permit for foreigners in Vietnam. So what does the health check-up include? Where can you do the health check for your work permit? VisaNow would like to share with you this guide about hospitals approved to do health check-ups for foreign workers in Vietnam.
Health certificate requirements for Vietnam work permit health check
To work in Vietnam, you need to do a health check-up. This shows that you are physically able to do your job. The health certificate is only accepted when a doctor writes that you are “healthy enough to work.”
If you use a health certificate from your home country:
- Vietnam and your country must have an agreement to accept each other’s health certificates
- The certificate must be less than 6 months old from the date it was given to you
- You need to translate it into Vietnamese and get it certified
If you do the health check-up in Vietnam, you must go to an approved hospital. These hospitals are checked regularly by the Ministry of Health to make sure they provide good service.
Your health certificate will not be accepted if you go to a hospital that is not on the approved list.
Your health certificate must say “Healthy enough to work” and have all the information filled in correctly. It must have signatures from all the doctors who checked you. Under Decree 219/2025/ND-CP, your health certificate is good for 12 months. You must do your check-up at an approved hospital. Do you need help finding the right hospital for your health check-up? Contact HOTLINE +84 94 367 6226 now. VisaNow will guide you through the process and help you choose an approved hospital.
>> Depending on your role in the company, there may be different specific requirements for your work permit application. For more details, you can refer to our guides for work permit for directors or work permit for managers to understand the complete documentation needed.
What does the Vietnam work permit health check-up include?
For the health check-up, you will need to do these things:
- Physical check-up
- Medical examination
- Medical tests
- Measuring your height and weight
- Checking your BMI (body mass index)
- Checking your pulse and blood pressure
- Checking all organs in your body
- General internal check-up: checking your heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, bones and joints, nerves, and mental health
- Surgical check-up
- Special check-ups: checking your ears, nose, throat, teeth, mouth, face, and skin
- Women’s health check-up (for female workers)
- Blood test: checking your blood cells, urea, creatinine, GOT, GPT, and glucose levels
- Checking for malaria parasites in your blood
- Syphilis test
- HIV test
- Hepatitis B test (HBsAg)
- X-ray
- Abdominal ultrasound
- Electrocardiogram (heart test)
Where to get a medical check-up for Vietnam work permit?
Foreign workers can do their health check-up at approved hospitals. To make it easier for you, VisaNow has prepared a list of hospitals approved by the Health Department to do health check-ups for foreigners in Ho Chi Minh City.
| No. | Hospital name | New address after merger (from July 1, 2025) |
| 1 | Saigon General Hospital | 125 Le Loi – Ben Thanh Ward |
| 2 | DYM Medical Center Vietnam clinic | 39 Le Duan – Ben Thanh Ward |
| 3 | Victoria Healthcare DTH clinic | 20-20Bis-22 Dinh Tien Hoang – Tan Dinh Ward |
| 4 | Yersin International clinic | 10 Truong Dinh – Xuan Hoa Ward |
| 5 | Vigor Health clinic | 100-102-102A-104-106-108 Truong Dinh – Nhieu Loc Ward |
| 6 | Diamond Medical Center | 179-181 Vo Thi Sau – Xuan Hoa Ward |
| 7 | Bernard International Medical Center | 201 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia – Xuan Hoa Ward |
| 8 | Scotts Medical Services clinic | 285B Dien Bien Phu – Xuan Hoa Ward |
| 9 | University Medical Center HCMC | 215 Hong Bang – Cho Lon Ward |
| 10 | Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital | 468 Nguyen Trai – An Dong Ward |
| 11 | Hoang Khang Medical Center | 285 Ba Hom – Phu Lam Ward |
| 12 | Dr.Healthcare clinic | 134 Tan Hoa Dong – Phu Lam Ward |
| 13 | FV Hospital | 6 Nguyen Luong Bang – Tan My Ward |
| 14 | Tan Hung General Hospital | 871 Tran Xuan Soan – Tan Hung Ward |
| 15 | Careplus International Clinic | 105 Ton Dat Tien – Tan My Ward |
| 16 | DYM Medical Center HCMC branch | 71 Hoang Van Thai – Tan Phu Ward |
| 17 | Tam Anh District 7 clinic | 25 Nguyen Huu Tho – Tan Hung Ward |
| 18 | Victoria Healthcare clinic | 1056 Nguyen Van Linh – Tan Hung Ward |
| 19 | Y Viet Medical University Hospital 1 | 20-22 Duong Quang Trung – Hoa Hung Ward |
| 20 | Trung Vuong Hospital | 266 Ly Thuong Kiet – Hoa Hung Ward |
| 21 | Nhan Hau International clinic | 522-524 Nguyen Chi Thanh – Hoa Hung Ward |
| 22 | 115 People’s Hospital | 527 Su Van Hanh – Hoa Hung Ward |
| 23 | Phuoc An Medical Center branch 2 | 686 3 Thang 2 Street – Dien Hong Ward |
| 24 | Van Hanh General Hospital | 781/B1-B3-B5 Le Hong Phong – Hoa Hung Ward |
| 25 | Dai Phuoc Medical clinic | 829-829A 3 Thang 2 Street – Hoa Hung Ward |
| 26 | Ngoc Minh clinic branch | 262/4 Lac Long Quan – Binh Thoi Ward |
| 27 | Timec International clinic | 4449 Nguyen Cuu Phu – Tan Tao Ward |
| 28 | City International Hospital | 532A Kinh Duong Vuong – An Lac Ward |
| 29 | Gia An 115 Hospital | No. 5 Street 17A – An Lac Ward |
| 30 | Binh Thanh District Hospital | 112 A-B Dinh Tien Hoang – Gia Dinh Ward |
| 31 | Gia Dinh People’s Hospital | 1A No Trang Long – Gia Dinh Ward |
| 32 | Jio Health clinic | 30 Nguyen Van Lac – Thanh My Tay Ward |
| 33 | Family Medical Practice clinic 2 | 91 Nguyen Huu Canh – Thanh My Tay Ward |
| 34 | Sante Surgical Hospital | 11A Dinh Bo Linh – Thanh My Tay Ward |
| 35 | Gia Dinh General Hospital | 425-427-429 No Trang Long – Binh Loi Trung Ward |
| 36 | Vinmec Central Park Hospital | 720A Dien Bien Phu – Thanh My Tay Ward |
| 37 | Xuyen A General Hospital | 42 National Highway 22 – Cu Chi Commune |
| 38 | Hong Duc III Hospital | 32/2 Thong Nhat – Go Vap Ward |
| 39 | An Sinh General Hospital | 10 Tran Huy Lieu – Phu Nhuan Ward |
| 40 | Hoan My Saigon Hospital | 60-60A Phan Xich Long – Cau Kieu Ward |
| 41 | Victoria Healthcare Phu Nhuan | 135A Nguyen Van Troi – Phu Nhuan Ward |
| 42 | Tam Anh General Hospital HCMC | 2B Pho Quang – Cau Kieu Ward |
| 43 | Golden Healthcare International | 37 Hoang Hoa Tham – Tan Binh Ward |
| 44 | Thuan My Saigon clinic | 4A Hoang Viet – Tan Son Nhat Ward |
| 45 | BERNARD 2 Hospital clinic | 22 Phan Dinh Giot – Tan Son Hoa Ward |
| 46 | Rehabilitation Hospital HCMC | 1A Ly Thuong Kiet – Tan Son Nhat Ward |
| 47 | Le Van Thinh Hospital | 130 Le Van Thinh – Binh Trung Ward |
| 48 | American International Hospital | 6 Bac Nam 3 Street – An Khanh Ward |
| 49 | Thu Duc City Hospital | 29 Phu Chau – Tam Binh Ward |
| 50 | Victoria Healthcare An Khanh | 37-39-41-43 Luong Dinh Cua – An Khanh Ward |
| 51 | Van Phuc City Hospital | No. 1 Street 10 – Hiep Binh Ward |
Right now, there is no official list of approved hospitals for work permit health check-ups in Hanoi. To make sure your health certificate will be accepted and avoid having to do it again, you should contact HOTLINE +84 94 367 6226. VisaNow will give you updated information about approved hospitals in Hanoi and help you prepare all your documents correctly
Important things about Vietnam health check-ups for work permits
Here are the new updates from Decree 219/2025/ND-CP about health certificates that you need to know. These will help you avoid mistakes and save time:
- Health certificates from foreign countries can be used if Vietnam and that country have an agreement to accept each other’s certificates. The certificate must be less than 12 months old. However, right now there is no confirmation that health certificates from foreign countries are accepted in Vietnam. So it is better for you to come to Vietnam and do your health check-up here. This way you will not have problems with your documents.
- If your health check-up results are already in the healthcare management system, you do not need to give them a paper certificate. But right now you still need to give them the paper because the system is not fully updated yet.
- It is a good idea to contact the hospital directly to ask about the current costs.
Here are more things you need to remember:
- The doctor who does your check-up and writes your health report must be a specialist doctor or have a master’s degree in medicine. They must have the right certificate to do medical check-ups in their field.
- Your health certificate must come from an approved hospital. All the information on your health certificate must be correct and match your passport.
- It must have signatures from all the doctors and from you
- All information must be complete
- Nothing should be changed or erased
VisaNow has more than 10 years of experience. We have helped more than 1,000 businesses every year prepare their work permit documents, including helping with health check-ups at approved hospitals. Contact HOTLINE +84 94 367 6226 to get help finding the right hospital and learn about the process for your situation.
How long is the Vietnam health certificate valid?
Your health certificate is good for 12 months from the date the doctor gives it to you. Your check-up results must still be valid when you hand in your documents.
Getting a work permit usually takes about 4 to 6 weeks. So it is a good idea to do your health check-up after you have prepared all your other documents. This way your health certificate will not run out of time while your work permit is being processed.
How much does the health check-up cost?
The health check-up for your work permit costs between VND 1,500,000 and VND 3,000,000. The price depends on which hospital you go to.
You should contact the hospital directly to get the exact price. Each hospital has different check-up packages that fit different needs.
Getting a work permit can be complicated and take a lot of time. But VisaNow has processed more than 1,000 work permit documents. We are a trusted partner for more than 500 businesses all over Vietnam, especially in cities like HCMC, Long An, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Hanoi.
VisaNow provides work permit services with more than 10 years of experience. We can help you with everything related to work permits, from preparing your documents to finishing all the steps. Get a detailed price quote now!
- Our team is ready to help you with all your needs and we follow all Vietnamese procedures
- We protect your interests and keep your business information private. All data is handled safely
- We help you prepare all documents to get work permits according to the rules. This saves you time and effort
This is all the detailed information about hospitals for work permit health check-ups. If you need help with work permit services for foreigners, contact HOTLINE +84 94 367 6226 now. VisaNow is always ready to help you and bring you the best solutions.
