27-Oct-14 Malaysia welcomed about 770,000 international medical tourists in 2013. Rising rapidly in the rankings, China is ranked fourth in terms of number of medical tourists visiting Malaysia, after Indonesia, India and Japan. [image: Wiki Commons]

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23-Oct-14 Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is accelerating the development of traditional Thai medical services, and giving a major boost to the use of Thai herbal remedies combined with modern medicine, in an effort to reduce dependence on imported pharmaceuticals. [image: Orchid Travel]

14-Oct-14 While Vietnam's medical spending is the highest in Southeast Asia, it hasn't kept up with demand for quality and timely medical care. The government is now welcoming international firms to fill that void, promising no restrictions on qualified foreign doctors to practice in Vietnam. [image: Reuters/Kham]

10-Oct-14 Toshiba has announced its business expansion strategy for Southeast Asia, which includes investing USD1 billion over the next five years, and doubling its current sales to USD7 billion. It is building a new medical equipment plant in Malaysia and has recently positioned healthcare as one of its three main pillars of business. (image: MIS-Asia)

30-Sep-14 As more people gain access to connected devices, entrepreneurs and organisations across Southeast Asia see potential to speed improvements in healthcare with new web and mobile applications such as Ring.MD in Singapore, Dokita in Indonesia and mClinica in the Philippines. [image: Techonomy]