How Much Does Therapy Cost in Hanoi in 2026?

The Vietnamese decision is not which clinic. It is which system. An outpatient examination at Central Psychiatric Hospital 1, and at Hanoi's own city psychiatric hospital, costs 50,600 VND. The city hospital, Bệnh viện Tâm thần Hà Nội, also publishes psychotherapy at 100,000 VND for thirty minutes. A thirty-minute psychological consultation at a private clinic is advertised at 300,000 to 1,000,000 VND. That is a six- to twenty-fold gap, and it is not a discount: the public prices are set by decision, while most talking therapy in Hanoi is bought privately, outside that schedule.

The public prices are set by decision and are what you pay. Private practitioners set their own fees, so their figures here are guiding estimates. The private figures are based on prices found advertised on multiple blogs, not official authoritative sources. Use with caution. The public figure has harder ground: the Ministry of Health's own price decision for Central Psychiatric Hospital 1 (Quyết định 3527/QĐ-BYT, effective 22 November 2024) sets the public examination schedule.

• Public hospital examination: 50,600 VND at Central Psychiatric Hospital 1 and at Hanoi's city psychiatric hospital.
• Psychotherapy in the public system: 100,000 VND for thirty minutes at Bệnh viện Tâm thần Hà Nội; 150,000 VND an hour for specialist work with a child with a developmental disorder.
• Private psychological consultation: 300,000 to 1,000,000 VND for thirty minutes, advertised.
• Free telephone support: Ngày Mai, 096 306 1414.

The public route in Hanoi

Hanoi holds the national institutions: the National Institute of Mental Health at Bach Mai Hospital (Viện Sức khỏe Tâm thần, Bệnh viện Bạch Mai) and Central Psychiatric Hospital 1, whose examination prices are the ones the Ministry's decision sets. For serious difficulties, these are where the specialist expertise sits, at public prices. The Institute of Mental Health is at 78 Giải Phóng, Đống Đa, on (024) 3576 5344, and its outpatient clinic runs Monday to Friday, 06:30 to 11:45 and 13:45 to 16:00. Hanoi also has its own city psychiatric hospital, Bệnh viện Tâm thần Hà Nội, at 30 Ngõ 467 Nguyễn Văn Linh, Phúc Lợi, open 07:30 to 11:30 and 14:00 to 17:00 on weekdays. That is the one that publishes a price for talking therapy.

BHYT, the social health insurance, supports costs at public hospitals; some private clinics do not accept it at all, so ask before booking. A convention worth knowing: private fees often track the doctor's academic rank and title, so the fee signals seniority rather than session length. If cost is the obstacle right now, Ngày Mai is a free, non-profit telephone listening and psychological first-aid line run from Hanoi on 096 306 1414, open 13:00 to 20:30 from Wednesday to Sunday. It is not therapy, but it is someone to talk to while you work the rest out.

If you are paying privately

Ask the fee, the session length, whether the practitioner is a psychiatrist (a medical doctor who can prescribe) or a psychologist, and whether BHYT or your private insurance applies. Online sessions widen the pool and often cost less.

It is fair to ask what licence the person holds. Since 1 January 2024, Vietnam's Law on Medical Examination and Treatment has listed clinical psychology (tâm lý lâm sàng) among the professional titles that require a practising licence, alongside doctors, nurses and midwives, and the licence runs for five years. Someone can be a capable counsellor without it, and many are, but where a clinical title is being used the licence is an ordinary thing to ask about.

Sources

• Ministry of Health, Quyết định 3527/QĐ-BYT (2024), via the national legal database: the public price schedule for Central Psychiatric Hospital 1, effective 22 November 2024.
• Bệnh viện Tâm thần Hà Nội, Giá dịch vụ: the hospital's own published prices, including outpatient examination at 50,600 VND and trị liệu tâm lý at 100,000 VND per thirty minutes.
• National Assembly of Vietnam, Luật Khám bệnh, chữa bệnh 2023 (15/2023/QH15), via the Government's policy portal: Article 26 lists clinical psychology among the titles requiring a practising licence, and Article 27 sets the licence at five years.
• Ngày Mai, Đường dây nóng Ngày Mai: the project's own hotline page, giving 096 306 1414 and hours of 13:00 to 20:30, Wednesday to Sunday, for a free telephone psychological first-aid service.

Reviewed August 2026. The public figures are from the Ministry of Health's price decision and from Hanoi Psychiatric Hospital's own published price list, both read at source. Private ranges are advertised figures, labelled accordingly. We do not publish city price lists we cannot trace to sources that charge them.