FV Hospital (Hy Vong Cancer Center)
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Bệnh viện FV (FV Hospital, the Franco-Vietnamese Hospital) was the first foreign-invested hospital in Vietnam, established in 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City on a French-style international standard of care; it was acquired by Thomson Medical Group (Singapore) in January 2024.
Trung tâm Ung bướu Hy Vọng (Hy Vong Cancer Center) is a centre of excellence in oncology, providing cancer surgery, radiotherapy and medical oncology together with supportive and palliative care under a multidisciplinary model. Led by Dr Basma M'Barek, it has been running for more than 15 years with documented long-term survivors (5/10/15 years).
FV positions the Hy Vong Cancer Center as delivering care of a quality comparable to Bumrungrad (Thailand), Prince Court (Malaysia) and Mount Elizabeth (Singapore) at around half the cost.
Scale
Beds: 220 (hospital-wide, a third-party estimate) Cancer cases treated per year: ~80,000 cancer patients treated over more than 15 years; radiotherapy capacity of up to 80 patients per day; outpatient chemotherapy unit — 17 chairs, up to 25 patients per day
Accreditation
Joint Commission International (JCI) — accredited since 2016 and reaccredited for 4 consecutive cycles (2016/2019/2022/2025); a compliance rate above 98% at the most recent survey.
Strengths and key treatments
CyberKnife S7 robotic radiosurgery system (installed in 2025 — the first in Vietnam and Southeast Asia; with integrated AI for real-time tumour tracking and sub-millimetre accuracy) treating tumours of the brain, head and neck, lung, breast, spine, liver, kidney, pancreas, prostate and gynaecological organs.
Elekta Infinity linear accelerator with VMAT; SPECT-CT nuclear medicine.
Multidisciplinary tumour boards; minimally invasive and robot-assisted cancer surgery.
Oncology social work, clinical psychology, pain control and nutritional support; collaboration with HCG (the largest specialist cancer hospital network in India).
Oncologists
Head of the Department of Medical and Radiation Oncology, Hy Vong Cancer Center.
Medical oncology and radiation oncology.
Medical oncology and haematology.