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A smart healthcare system allows patients to register for medical appointments very quickly.— VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY — A smart healthcare system will save time for patients and increase the efficiency of treatment, medical experts said yesterday at a seminar on “Smart Healthcare in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution”. The event was held as part of a four-day Pharmed & Healthcare Vietnam expo that featured the latest cancer treatments and smart advances in healthcare systems. Trần Quý Tường, head of the Electronic Health Administration, said that only 30 seconds were needed for patients to register for a medical appointment using a smart healthcare system, instead of waiting a long time at hospitals. Patients can schedule a suitable date and time for appointments on a hospital’s website. The system is based on three main pillars: smart clinic, smart medical services and smart medical management. If all pillars work well, they can improve healthcare services. … [Read more...] about Smart healthcare system, new cancer treatments featured at expo

A doctor at the Thảo Điền Ward Health Station in HCM City’s District 2 examines a patient. —VNA/VNS Photo Đinh Hằng Viet Nam News HCM CITY— The Ministry of Health is making efforts to strengthen the grassroots healthcare system to improve the quality of primary healthcare and achieve universal health coverage, which will ensure that everyone can access quality healthcare services without facing financial hardship. Speaking at a workshop on this issue in HCM City on Wednesday, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến said all health stations in wards, towns and communes would be upgraded and developed to strengthen primary healthcare in keeping with family medicine principles by 2023. Since last year 26 health stations in eight cities and provinces have been selected to implement the ministry’s pilot programme for improving grassroots-level healthcare. Tiến called on people’s committees in those places to allocate funds for upgrading facilities at those health … [Read more...] about Govt spells out ambitious plan to develop grassroots healthcare

Viet Nam, Laos to boost healthcare co-operation (25-08-2006) HA NOI — Viet Nam will do its best to increase comprehensive co-operation with Laos, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday in a meeting with the visiting Lao Minister of Health. Dung urged the two countries’ health ministries to continue strengthening co-operation and exchange of experience in hospital management, pharmaceuticals production and training to best serve the peoples of both countries. Lao Minister of Health Ponmek Dalaloi noted the fine results of co-operation between the two ministries in the past five years, especially in the training Viet Nam has provided by sending experts to help Laos provide healthcare services at the 10th ASEAN Summit and border health inspections. Dalaloi hoped that Viet Nam would aid Laos to build a medical and pharmacology university in Vientiane. In another meeting yesterday, Dalaloi and Vietnamese Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien signed a … [Read more...] about Viet Nam, Laos to boost healthcare co-operation

Deputy Prime Minister offers Laos more healthcare help (08-11-2007) HA NOI — Viet Nam is willing to help and co-operate with Laos in providing health care services for Lao people and training medical staff. That was the message delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung to visiting Lao Health Minister Ponmek Dalaloi at a reception for the Lao minister held in Ha Noi yesterday. Hung also applauded close co-operation between the two countries’ health ministries and urged health ministry leaders to build concrete co-operation plans to submit to the Government for approval. For his part, Dalaloi talked about the results of his country’s work with the Health Ministry in Viet Nam, aimed at strengthening co-operation in the area of health between the two countries. He said he wanted the Vietnamese Government to create favourable conditions to help the two ministries implement effective co-operation programmes. — VNS … [Read more...] about Deputy Prime Minister offers Laos more healthcare help

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met on Thursday in Berlin with leading German business representatives from various fields, such as information technology, finance, healthcare, agriculture, and the high-tech industry. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất BERLIN — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met on Thursday in Berlin with leading German business representatives from various fields, such as information technology, finance, healthcare, agriculture, and the high-tech industry. The PM said Việt Nam is a dynamic economy with rapid growth, a stable macro-economy, and favourable business environment, adding that the country is shifting economic growth to high-added value sectors and has joined many new-generation free trade agreements. He went on to say that Việt Nam has abundant and young human resources quick to master the latest technologies. The country is among the top 10 in the Asia-Pacific region and top 30 in the world in software outsourcing. Phúc also stressed that Germany is … [Read more...] about PM calls for more investment by leading German businesses

PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (centre) at the roundtable with Vietnamese and Danish businesses.— VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất Viet Nam News COPENHAGEN — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on Danish businesses to be more active in contributing ideas to policy-making in Việt Nam, while promoting their role in fostering the partnership between Việt Nam and Denmark. He made the call at a high-level roundtable with Vietnamese and Danish enterprises in the fields of green growth, seaport, logistics and high technology, which was held in Copenhagen on October 20 as part of the PM’s ongoing visit to Denmark. The Vietnamese Government leader briefed the Danish firms on the potential and advantages of Việt Nam, such as its young labour force, rapid IT and telecommunications development, and high GDP growth, as well as the country’s intensive international integration as seen in its engagement in 16 new-generation free trade agreements. He noted that currently Việt Nam was hosting more … [Read more...] about PM calls for Danish businesses’ engagement in Việt Nam’s policy-making