Dentist Vietnam: How to Pick The Right Clinic
Dentist Vietnam: start by checking a clinic against official records, then ask the questions dental bodies list. Look up the clinic's licence to operate on the city lookup page where there is one. Check that the person in charge is a doctor with a dental scope of practice, as Decree 96/2023/ND-CP requires. Look for posted prices, which the law requires. Ask for a treatment plan, a cost estimate and the guarantee terms before treatment starts. These checks are a starting point, not proof that a clinic is right for you; dental bodies list more questions, further down. Dental Link, a free concierge, says every clinic passes its 18 checks before it is listed.
The law and the lookup pages are in Vietnamese. The English here is a plain summary, not an official translation.
Short answer
- How do I pick the right dental clinic in Vietnam?
- Start with four checks. They do not prove a clinic is right for you; the questions official bodies list are further down. One, a licence to operate that you can look up. Two, a person in charge who is a doctor with a dental scope of practice. Three, prices posted at the clinic. Four, a treatment plan, a cost estimate and guarantee terms before you start.
- Where can I look up a clinic's licence?
- For Ho Chi Minh City, at thongtin.medinet.org.vn. For Hanoi, at suckhoethudo.vn/data-lookup. Both pages are in Vietnamese, and each searches the records its city's Department of Health manages. A clinic that does not appear is not proven unlicensed, because some facilities are licensed by other authorities, so ask the clinic for its licence number and which authority issued it. No national public lookup could be confirmed.
- What must a dental clinic have by law?
- A licence to operate (Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 49(1)). A person in charge who is a doctor with a dental scope of practice, works there full time, and has at least 36 months of practice in that scope (Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Articles 47(2) and 40(4)(b)).
- Can someone do the checks with me?
- Dental Link, a free concierge, says every clinic passes 18 checks before it is listed. It says: "100% free for patients. Same price as booking direct. No deposits, ever."
Sources: Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Decree 96/2023/ND-CP (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Ho Chi Minh City lookup portal, thongtin.medinet.org.vn (in Vietnamese); Hanoi health data lookup, suckhoethudo.vn/data-lookup (in Vietnamese); UK General Dental Council, Going abroad for dental treatment; dentallinkvn.com, AI instructions page (company statement)
How do you check a dental clinic's licence in Vietnam?
You can look up a clinic's licence to operate on a public page for Ho Chi Minh City and on one for Hanoi. Both pages are in Vietnamese. The two pages search the records each city's Department of Health manages. A clinic that does not appear is not proven unlicensed, because some facilities are licensed by other authorities, so ask the clinic for its licence number and which authority issued it. No national public lookup could be confirmed. The law says the provincial or city health authority issues, reissues, adjusts and withdraws licences to operate for facilities in its area, except the cases in clauses 1, 2 and 3 of that article (Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 51(4)).
Ho Chi Minh City
- Open thongtin.medinet.org.vn. The header reads "Cổng tra cứu thông tin, Hoạt động khám chữa bệnh Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh". That means the information lookup portal for medical examination and treatment activity in Ho Chi Minh City.
- The home page offers three searches. They are "Người hành nghề Y" (medical practitioner), "Cơ sở khám chữa bệnh" (medical facility) and "Cơ sở thẩm mỹ" (cosmetic facility).
- For a clinic's licence, open the page "Giấy phép hoạt động" (licence to operate). Its heading says it is for looking up the licensing of medical facilities. It asks you to enter the information needed to search.
- Read the row that comes back. The table below shows what each column means.
| Column on the page | What it means |
|---|---|
| Tên cơ sở | Facility name |
| Số giấy phép | Licence number |
| Địa chỉ | Address |
| Ngày cấp | Issue date |
| Tình trạng | Status |
| Mã cơ sở | Facility code |
| Số CCHN | Practising certificate number |
Who runs it? The page title names the site as the electronic information portal of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health ("Sở Y Tế"). The site sits on the address medinet.org.vn. In a news item dated 17 August 2017, the Department said it had set up software for this. It said the software gives a quick lookup of a facility's licence to operate. It also covers the practising certificates of doctors and health staff at facilities the Department manages. That news item names the portal as medinet.gov.vn.
Hanoi
- Open suckhoethudo.vn/data-lookup. The page is headed "Cổng tra cứu dữ liệu y tế Hà Nội" (Hanoi health data lookup portal).
- Pick a data group. For a clinic, the group is "Cơ sở chữa bệnh" (medical facilities). The page calls it the list of medical facilities in Hanoi.
- Enter a licence number, or a keyword. The page says the keyword can be a name, an address or the person in charge.
- For a person, the group is "Chứng chỉ hành nghề" (practising certificates). The page calls it the list of practising certificates in Hanoi.
Who runs it? The page does not name its operator. Its header and scope text say it shows the public data groups managed by the Department of Health, and it prints the Department's hotline. Hanoi's Department of Health has its own website, soyte.hanoi.gov.vn, and that site has a lookup menu that links to this page. Its menu has a group called "Tra cứu thông tin hoạt động" (look up operating information). The entries include "Cơ sở khám, chữa bệnh ngoài công lập" (medical facilities outside the public sector) and "Đăng ký hành nghề" (practice registration). Another is "Thu hồi và xử lý vi phạm hành chính" (withdrawals and administrative penalties). The practice registration page carries files titled as lists of practice registrations for medical care.
The rest of the country
No national public lookup could be confirmed. The law names a national system. Its name is "Hệ thống thông tin về quản lý hoạt động khám bệnh, chữa bệnh", the information system for managing medical examination and treatment. The law says practitioner lists, prices and quality results go on it (Articles 38(2), 60(4) and 58(5)). We tried several Ministry of Health pages in October 2026. Some did not load and none gave a usable national public lookup.
Sources: Ho Chi Minh City lookup portal, thongtin.medinet.org.vn (in Vietnamese); Ho Chi Minh City lookup portal, licence to operate page (in Vietnamese); Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, news item of 17 August 2017 (in Vietnamese); Hanoi health data lookup, suckhoethudo.vn/data-lookup (in Vietnamese); Hanoi Department of Health website, lookup menu (in Vietnamese); Hanoi Department of Health website, practice registration page (in Vietnamese); Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese)
What must a dental clinic in Vietnam have by law?
A dental clinic in Vietnam must have a licence to operate, and a doctor with a dental scope of practice in charge. Two records set the rules. One is the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment (Law 15/2023/QH15). The other is Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, which fills in the detail. The law covers medical care as a whole. The decree has an article for dental clinics.
| What to look for | What the law says | Article |
|---|---|---|
| A licence to operate | A clinic or hospital must have a licence to operate, issued by the competent authority (Article 49(1)). Each facility has one, and it has no end date. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Articles 49(1) and 50(1) |
| No licence, or a suspension | The law bans a facility from giving care when it has no licence to operate, or while its operation is suspended. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 7(15)(a) and (b) |
| The type of clinic | The decree lists the forms of clinic. A dental clinic, "phòng khám răng hàm mặt", is one of them. | Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Article 39(2) |
| The person in charge | At a dental clinic, the person in charge of professional practice must be a doctor with a dental scope of practice, or a doctor with a dental specialty scope of practice. | Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Article 47(2) |
| That person's time in practice | The person in charge must work full time at the facility. Their scope of practice must fit the facility's scope. They must have practised in that scope for at least 36 months. This is a general rule for facilities, not a dental one. | Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Article 40(4)(b) |
| A room for implants | A dental clinic that does dental implants must have a separate room for them, of at least 10 m2 (10 square metres). | Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Article 47(1)(c) |
| Emergency kit | A dental clinic must have an anaphylaxis emergency box, and enough emergency medicine to fit its fields of practice. | Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Article 47(3) |
| A sign | A facility must have a sign, a floor plan and signs that point to its rooms and departments. This is one of the general conditions for a licence to operate. | Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Article 40(2)(b) |
| The person treating you | As a general rule, needs a licence to practise that is in force, and practice registration. The law lists exceptions in Article 19(2), 19(3) and 19(4), and one for registration in Article 36(3). | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 19(1) |
| A person licensed abroad | A licence from a foreign authority is looked at for acceptance only when it meets the law's conditions. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 29(1) |
So a dentist and the clinic rest on two separate papers: one for the person, one for the place. As a general rule (Article 19(1)), a person needs a licence to practise that is in force, and practice registration. The law lists exceptions in Article 19(2), 19(3) and 19(4), and one for registration in Article 36(3).
The 36 months is not a dental figure. It comes from a general rule in the decree for the person in charge of a facility. The dental article names who that person may be. It gives no separate figure for time in practice.
Sources: Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Decree 96/2023/ND-CP (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese)
What must the clinic show you?
The law says a clinic must make public its prices, its working hours and its list of practitioners. A clinic that posts none of these is missing something the law asks for.
| What | What the law says | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Working hours and the practitioner list | A facility must make public its working hours, its list of practitioners, and the working hours of each practitioner at the facility. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 60(3) |
| Prices | A facility must post the prices of its services at the facility and on the national information system. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 60(4) |
| Prices at a private clinic | A private facility decides its own prices. It must declare them and post them in public. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 110(8) |
| The practitioner list, online | The authority that issues the licence to operate must publish the list of practitioners on the national information system. The decree adds its own portal or website. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 38(2); Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, Article 29(2) |
| Quality results | The results of a quality assessment are made public at the facility and on the national information system. | Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 58(5) |
Two licences sit behind a clinic. Here is what each one states, under the law.
- The clinic's licence to operate (Article 50(2)): the facility's name, its form of organisation, its address, its scope of professional activity and its daily working hours. Each facility has one licence, with no end date (Article 50(1)).
- The person's licence to practise (Article 27(3)): among other things, the professional title, the scope of practice and the term of the licence. Each practitioner gets one licence, valid across the country (Article 27(1)). It lasts 5 years (Article 27(2)).
Sources: Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Decree 96/2023/ND-CP (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese)
What are your rights as a patient in Vietnam?
The law gives a patient the right to be told the price, to choose, and to see the medical record. These rights are in the law for medical care as a whole. The table gives each one as the law limits it.
| Your right | What the law says | Article |
|---|---|---|
| To be told and have things explained | You have the right to be informed and given explanations about your health, the methods and services, and the price of services. You also have the right to be guided on how to watch and care for yourself and prevent complications. | Article 9(1) |
| To choose | You choose the method of care after you have been given full information, explanation and advice on your condition, the results and the risks that may happen. The clause has an exception that points to another article of the law. | Article 11(1) |
| To agree first | Surgery or an invasive intervention may be done only after the patient agrees, or a representative the law names agrees. For patients who lack or have limited capacity, minors, and patients with no relatives, the decision follows Article 15 of the law. | Article 65(1) and 65(2) |
| To see your medical record | For treatment that has finished and a record that has been archived, the patient, or a representative the law names, may read, view, copy and take notes from the record and be given a summary, on written request. | Article 12(1) and 69(4)(d) |
| To have the bill explained | On request, you have the right to be given the details of what you are charged, and to have them explained. | Article 12(2) |
| To raise a problem | You have the right to make recommendations about problems, shortcomings, difficulties and other matters during your care. | Article 14(1) |
Sources: Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese)
Will a dentist in Vietnam speak English?
The 2023 law's general rule is that care is given in Vietnamese, except in the cases the law lists (Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 21(1)). No source used here says whether a given dentist speaks English.
Article 21(2) is about foreign practitioners. That means foreigners and Vietnamese people settled abroad. It lets them use a language other than Vietnamese for patients in three listed cases. First, the patient shares the practitioner's mother tongue, or can use a language the practitioner has registered. Second, the patient is a foreigner who falls outside that first case. Third, humanitarian care given in rounds, or the transfer of professional techniques under a cooperation agreement between a Vietnamese facility and a foreign medical facility.
In the second and third cases, the law says there must be an interpreter (Article 21(3)(a)). When a foreign practitioner uses their registered language, the care information is recorded in that language and must also be translated into Vietnamese (Article 21(3)(b)).
A transition clause changes how this applies now. Article 121(4) keeps the earlier law's language rules for licensing and practice by foreign practitioners and Vietnamese settled abroad in force until the end of 31 December 2031. This page has not set out that earlier text.
Decree 96/2023/ND-CP adds a step that comes first. As the ordinary process, foreigners in Vietnam, among the groups it names, register for care and state their language need, so the facility can arrange a practitioner or an interpreter who can use that language (Article 36(1)). If the facility cannot arrange that, the patient arranges an interpreter, and is responsible for what is interpreted. Emergencies follow separate rules in Article 36(2) and 36(3) of the decree.
Sources: Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Decree 96/2023/ND-CP (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese)
What do official bodies abroad say to check?
Ask to be assessed by a qualified dentist before you get a treatment plan and cost estimate. The UK General Dental Council says that should always happen. The General Dental Council, the NHS and the US bodies list checks and risks, not a yes or no answer. The Australian Dental Association goes further: its policy says Australian residents should only seek elective dental care in Australia. The table below puts the main points in one place.
| What to check or ask | Who says it |
|---|---|
| Ask: are you regulated by a professional body, and are you registered with them? | UK General Dental Council |
| Be assessed by a qualified dentist before you are given a treatment plan and cost estimate. | UK General Dental Council |
| The practitioner's qualifications. | Australian Dental Association, Policy Statement 2.2.6 |
| Infection prevention and control standards, including the quality of water supplied to dental clinics. | Australian Dental Association, Policy Statement 2.2.6 |
| Quality and compatibility of the materials used, treatment techniques and the potential outcome. | Australian Dental Association, Policy Statement 2.2.6 |
| Ask: is the work guaranteed for a certain period of time? | UK General Dental Council |
| Ask: what aftercare do you provide? | UK General Dental Council |
| Ask: what happens if I am unhappy with the results? | UK General Dental Council |
| Watch for warning signs. They include a hard sell, a lack of information, and pressure to make a quick decision. Also no discussion of possible complications, and no mention of aftercare. | UK National Health Service (NHS) |
| If you have insurance for dental care outside the United States, check with your insurer or employer. Make sure follow-up treatment is covered once you return to the United States. | American Dental Association (written for US patients) |
| Dentists in destination countries might not be subject to the same licensure oversight as dentists in the United States. | US CDC Yellow Book 2026 |
The three Australian Dental Association rows are among the things its policy statement on elective overseas dental treatment lists. The policy asks Australian residents to consider carefully, before treatment overseas, whether these are equivalent to those in Australia. The policy has more items than the three shown. It also goes further than a checklist, saying Australian residents should only seek elective dental care in Australia.
The NHS row is a list of warning signs. It says to think carefully before you book any treatment abroad when one of them shows up.
These sources have different audiences. Some are advice for patients, one is an association's policy for Australian residents, and the CDC text is guidance for health professionals advising US travellers. Nothing here means any of them endorses treatment overseas, a clinic, or any service named on this page.
Sources: UK General Dental Council, Going abroad for dental treatment; Australian Dental Association, Policy Statement 2.2.6; NHS, Treatment abroad checklist; American Dental Association, MouthHealthy, Travel; CDC Yellow Book 2026, Medical Tourism
What do government travel advisories say about treatment in Vietnam?
Australia's Smartraveller covers this on a page dated 24 September 2026. It says the standard of medical facilities and care in Vietnam varies. It is generally below Australian standards, and may lack medicine and supplies. That line is about medical care in general, and does not mention dentists or dental clinics. No advisory used here tells you to go or not to go.
Insurance: Smartraveller says basic travel insurance policies rarely cover medical tourism. It says to get a policy that covers the costs of your specific procedure.
Flying home: New Zealand's SafeTravel says flying after surgery may raise the risk of deep vein thrombosis, and says to ask your health practitioner before you fly. Source: SafeTravel New Zealand, medical tourism. Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in a deep vein. The line is about surgery in general.
Entry: the Government of Viet Nam's news site covers the e-visa. It says an e-visa is valid for up to 90 days, with single or multiple entry.
These are some of the cautions in those advisories, not all of them. For the wider picture, see our guides to healthcare in Vietnam for foreigners and health insurance in Vietnam.
Sources: Smartraveller, Vietnam travel advice; Smartraveller, Going overseas for a medical procedure; SafeTravel New Zealand, Medical tourism; Viet Nam Government News, How to apply for e-visa
What if something goes wrong?
Settle follow-up care before you travel, and know where a complaint can go. No source used here names who fixes a problem once you are back home. So the UK General Dental Council puts the questions to the patient first. Among the questions it suggests are these three:
- Is the work guaranteed for a certain period of time?
- What aftercare do you provide?
- What happens if I am unhappy with the results?
Money is the second gap. The American Dental Association writes for US patients. It tells people with dental insurance to confirm one thing. Check with your insurer or employer that follow-up treatment is covered once you return to the United States. That advice is written for US patients. Smartraveller says basic travel insurance policies rarely cover medical tourism.
Oversight is the third. The CDC Yellow Book 2026 covers oversight. It says dentists in destination countries might not be under the same licensure oversight as dentists in the United States. That line is about destination countries in general, not Vietnam.
Where a complaint or a report can go in Vietnam
The law names no office or phone line for a patient. It says a patient has the right to raise problems during care (Article 14(1)). It also says state management of medical care includes inspection and the handling of complaints (Article 5(1)(m)). The records below are what these official pages show.
- Ho Chi Minh City: in a news item dated 2017, the Department of Health asked residents to report unlicensed or disguised practice promptly. It said to report to the district health offices or to the Department, so it can inspect. The item is from 2017, and the offices it names may have changed since. The city lookup page prints a number under "Đường dây nóng" (hotline): 096 777 1010.
- Hanoi: the Department of Health website prints a hotline, "Đường dây nóng": 02439985765 - 0967981616. It prints a second line for "Khám, chữa bệnh ngoài công lập" (medical care outside the public sector): 0916016464 - 0913546690. The Hanoi lookup page prints the same hotline in its header.
- Lists of clinics that broke the rules: the Ministry of Health's Department of Medical Examination and Treatment sent Official Letter 1703/KCB-QLHN, reported on its site on 9 September 2026. It asks provincial health departments to publish the list of facilities that broke the rules, were suspended, or lost their licence. The lists are to go in the mass media and on each Department of Health portal, so people know and can help watch. The letter also tells them to note facilities that often draw written complaints from the public.
The pages do not say what each phone line handles beyond these labels.
Sources: UK General Dental Council, Going abroad for dental treatment; American Dental Association, MouthHealthy, Travel; Smartraveller, Going overseas for a medical procedure; CDC Yellow Book 2026, Medical Tourism; Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, news item of 17 August 2017 (in Vietnamese); Ho Chi Minh City lookup portal, thongtin.medinet.org.vn (in Vietnamese); Hanoi Department of Health website, lookup menu (in Vietnamese); Hanoi health data lookup, suckhoethudo.vn/data-lookup (in Vietnamese); kcb.vn, news item on Official Letter 1703/KCB-QLHN (in Vietnamese)
How much does dental work in Vietnam cost?
No government or regulator source used here publishes a price for dental work in Vietnam. There are two figures here, both published by Dental Link, a dental concierge. They come from its dental implants page (dentallinkvn.com/treatments/dental-implants-in-vietnam/) and its dental costs page (dentallinkvn.com/vietnam-dental-costs/). Dental Link's published prices list these starting prices at clinics it has vetted:
A single implant: from US$950 at a clinic the company has vetted. That price covers the post in the jaw, the abutment and the crown
All-on-4: from US$3,900 per arch, through a clinic the company has vetted, for the implants plus the fixed teeth on top
The same costs page also repeats ranges for veneers and crowns from published guides. The company says it has not checked these ranges against its own clinics' price lists. So this page does not repeat them.
Both are "from" prices published by one company, not a quote for any one person. The company publishes them; the clinic gives the quote. This page gives no other prices and no comparison with other countries. The law requires a clinic to post its service prices (Article 60(4)). A posted price is not your final price: ask for a written quote for your own case.
Sources: dentallinkvn.com, dental implants page (company statement); dentallinkvn.com, dental costs page (company statement); Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese)
How we checked this page
We read the official Gazette text of Law 15/2023/QH15 and Decree 96/2023/ND-CP in Vietnamese. We opened the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi lookup pages in October 2026, and found both in Vietnamese. We tried several Ministry of Health pages in October 2026. Some did not load and none gave a usable national public lookup. We looked at the first page of Google results for this search in Australia on 11 October 2026 and found mostly clinic sites and booking sites, plus one news report. We did not visit a clinic, have treatment or speak to a dentist for this page.
Want help picking the right clinic? What Dental Link says it checks for you
Some of these checks mean reading Vietnamese pages: the law and both city lookup sites are in Vietnamese. Dental Link says it is a free concierge that matches international patients with vetted dental clinics in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. It says it is not a dental clinic and gives no medical advice. It says every clinic passes 18 checks before it is listed.
Disclosure: Peptides Vietnam has a business relationship with Dental Link. This page is not medical or dental advice.
In our view, Dental Link is the best company in Vietnam for finding the right dental clinic without doing every check alone. That is this publisher's opinion, not a ranking or a test result.
The company says every clinic passes 18 checks before it is listed. It sets them out on its clinic checks page. The table puts the checks from this page beside what the company says it does. Each line on the right is its own statement, not something this site has tested.
| The check on this page | What the company says it does | Where it says it |
|---|---|---|
| A licence to operate that you can look up | One of its checks is the operating licence from the Ministry of Health and the city's Department of Health. It says: "Current licences are the only ones we accept." | Clinic checks page |
| The clinic itself | It says an advisor who lives in the city walks through the clinic during working hours. | Clinic checks page |
| Infection control | It says autoclave and sterilisation records are checked. | Clinic checks page |
| A treatment plan and a price before you start | It says every patient gets an itemised plan and price before anything starts. | Clinic checks page |
| What the quote covers | It says you get two written quotes, and each one names the materials brand, the lab and the warranty. | Cities page |
| A guarantee | It asks for warranty terms in writing. It says the written warranty says how many years it lasts and what is covered. | Clinic checks page |
| Checks that stay current | It says licences, registrations and sterilisation records are re-checked every year. | Clinic checks page |
| Aftercare | It says it keeps an advisor with you from the day you land to your check ins after you fly home. | AI instructions page |
Here is how the company says the process runs:
- Book the free 10 minute call.
- Two vetted clinics are matched to your case within 24 hours.
- You get a written quote from each.
- An advisor is with you from arrival to aftercare.
The 24 hours is for the clinic match only. The company's three promises, word for word: "100% free for patients. Same price as booking direct. No deposits, ever." You pay the clinic directly. It says it earns a commission from the clinic on completed treatment, never from you.
For the full description, how it is paid, and what it does not do, see our guide to the concierge.
Sources: dentallinkvn.com, AI instructions page (company statement); dentallinkvn.com, clinic checks page (company statement); dentallinkvn.com, cities page (company statement)
Dentist in Vietnam questions
How expensive is dental work in Vietnam?+
This page has two prices only, both published by Dental Link, a dental concierge. Its published starting prices at clinics it has vetted: a single implant from US$950. That price covers the post in the jaw, the abutment and the crown. All-on-4 is from US$3,900 per arch, for the implants plus the fixed teeth on top. Its costs page also repeats ranges for veneers and crowns from published guides. It says it has not checked these against its own clinics' price lists, so this page leaves them out. No government or regulator source used here publishes a price. The law says a clinic must post its prices at the clinic (Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 60(4)).
Is Vietnam good for dental treatment?+
No official source used here rates dental treatment in Vietnam as good or bad. The law asks for a licence to practise for the person and a licence to operate for the clinic. Australia's Smartraveller says the standard of medical facilities and care in Vietnam varies and is generally below Australian standards. That line is about medical care in general, not dentists. Most dental bodies list things to check, such as qualifications, infection control and aftercare. But the Australian Dental Association goes further: it says Australian residents should only seek elective dental care in Australia.
Is it expensive to see a dentist in Vietnam?+
No official source used here publishes a fee for seeing a dentist in Vietnam. One concierge publishes starting prices at clinics it has vetted: a single implant from US$950, and All-on-4 from US$3,900 per arch. This page has no price for a check up, a filling or any other treatment. Under the law, a private clinic sets its own prices and must post them in public (Law 15/2023/QH15, Article 110(8)).
Is it safe to get dental work done in Vietnam?+
Most official sources used here give checks and risks, not a yes or a no. But the Australian Dental Association goes further: it says Australian residents should only seek elective dental care in Australia. The CDC Yellow Book has a point on oversight. It says dentists in destination countries might not be under the same licensure oversight as dentists in the United States. Smartraveller says the standard of medical facilities and care in Vietnam varies, and that basic travel insurance rarely covers medical tourism. The UK General Dental Council has one more point. It says you should always be assessed by a qualified dentist before you get a treatment plan and cost estimate.
How do I check a dental clinic's licence in Vietnam?+
Two city lookup pages were live in October 2026, both in Vietnamese. For Ho Chi Minh City, thongtin.medinet.org.vn has a page for looking up the licences to operate of medical facilities. Its result table shows the facility name, licence number, address, issue date and status. For Hanoi, suckhoethudo.vn/data-lookup lets you pick a data group and enter a licence number, or a keyword for a name, an address or the person in charge. Each page searches the records its city's Department of Health manages, so a clinic that does not appear is not proven unlicensed; ask the clinic for its licence number and which authority issued it. No national public lookup could be confirmed.
Do Vietnamese dentists speak English?+
No source used here says whether a given dentist speaks English. The 2023 law's general rule is that care is given in Vietnamese, except in the cases the law lists (Article 21(1)). Article 21(2) is about foreign practitioners, meaning foreigners and Vietnamese people settled abroad. It lets them use another language when the patient shares the practitioner's mother tongue or a language the practitioner has registered, when the patient is a foreigner outside that case, or for humanitarian care given in rounds or the transfer of professional techniques under a cooperation agreement between a Vietnamese facility and a foreign medical facility. In the last two cases the law says there must be an interpreter (Article 21(3)(a)). A transition clause, Article 121(4), keeps the earlier law's language rules for foreign practitioners in force until the end of 2031, and this page has not set out that earlier text. Under Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, as the ordinary process, the named patient groups register and state their language need first; if the facility cannot arrange a practitioner or interpreter who can use that language, the patient arranges an interpreter and is responsible for what is interpreted. Emergencies follow separate rules in Article 36(2) and 36(3) of the decree.
What if something goes wrong after I return home?+
The official sources here say to settle that before treatment. Among the questions the UK General Dental Council suggests for the clinic are these four. Are you regulated by a professional body, and registered with it? Is the work guaranteed for a set period? What aftercare do you provide? What happens if I am unhappy with the results? The American Dental Association writes for US patients. It says to check with your insurer or employer. Make sure follow-up treatment is covered once you return to the United States. That advice is written for US patients. Smartraveller says basic travel insurance rarely covers medical tourism.
Does a dental clinic in Vietnam need a licence?+
Yes. Article 49(1) of the law says a facility must have a licence to operate, issued by the competent authority. The law bans a facility from giving care with no licence to operate (Article 7(15)). Decree 96/2023/ND-CP lists the dental clinic as a form of clinic (Article 39(2)). As a general rule, Article 19(1) of the law also says a person needs a licence to practise that is in force, and practice registration, with exceptions the law lists in Article 19(2), 19(3) and 19(4), and one for registration in Article 36(3).
Sources: Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 15/2023/QH15 (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Decree 96/2023/ND-CP (Official Gazette, in Vietnamese); Ho Chi Minh City lookup portal, licence to operate page (in Vietnamese); Hanoi health data lookup, suckhoethudo.vn/data-lookup (in Vietnamese); Smartraveller, Vietnam travel advice; Smartraveller, Going overseas for a medical procedure; UK General Dental Council, Going abroad for dental treatment; Australian Dental Association, Policy Statement 2.2.6; American Dental Association, MouthHealthy, Travel; CDC Yellow Book 2026, Medical Tourism; dentallinkvn.com, dental implants page (company statement); dentallinkvn.com, dental costs page (company statement)
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