Bathing a newborn baby is a necessary care to help clean the skin and prevent skin diseases that are very common in the newborn period. During the bathing process, if not careful, the baby can get burned or have hypothermia.

Injecting 10 units of oxytocin into the mother's thigh, providing skin-to-skin contact, early breastfeeding... are extremely progressive steps in the essential care process for mothers and newborns during and immediately after birth, bringing many practical benefits to the health of both mothers and newborns.

Caesarean section is usually indicated in cases where the mother has health problems and is in danger of giving birth vaginally. To help the delivery be successful, safe and "mother and child are safe", essential newborn care for mothers and newborns during and immediately after caesarean section is essential.

The model of essential care for mothers and newborns during and immediately after birth is being applied in many large hospitals, completely changing the traditional method of delivery and newborn care. It is expected that by 2020, all hospitals nationwide will apply this new method of essential newborn care.