Hospitality

Hanoi (VNA) – An exchange note on a non-refundable aid for COVID-19 prevention and control was signed between the Vietnamese and Japanese governments on September 7. On the behalf of the two governments, Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio signed the note. The ODA grant is worth 2 billion JPY (18.8 million USD) in total, including 1.8 billion JPY for the Vietnamese side and about 200 million JPY for the agents designated by the Japanese Government. It will be disbursed in 18 months, from August 2020 to January 2022. The assistance aims to provide technical support in upgrading medical equipment at four hospitals of the Vietnamese Health Ministry, namely the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the National Lung Hospital, the Da Nang C Hospital, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, thereby helping to improve their capacity in COVID-19 prevention and control. Appreciating the grant, Acting Health … [Read more...] about Japan aids Vietnamese hospitals in COVID-19 fight

Thanks to the rapid spread of their story in local media, the case of Tuoi and Tam was met with profuse support from benefactors from every part of the country, who contributed to a total of VND800 million (US$34,500) to cover Tam’s treatment cost. … [Read more...] about King cobra bite victim, wife partly divert donations to another patient at Saigon hospital

Hospital director Dr. Truong Vinh Long said that since its establishment, the hospital managers have taken heed of quality management system for the hospital generally and departments particularly. Hence, the hospital has paid much attention to applying ISO standard to testing. … [Read more...] about Additional hospital accredited to ISO 15189 for medical testing laboratories

Tran Tuan Anh, vice-chairman of Cam Lo District People’s Committee, said an emergency team consisting of 20 nurses and four doctors were mobilized to promptly examine and treat the children. … [Read more...] about 22 students hospitalized after bee attack at elementary school in Vietnam

The assistance aims to provide technical support to upgrade medical equipment at four hospitals under the Vietnamese Health Ministry, namely the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the National Lung Hospital, the Đà Nẵng C Hospital, and the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, helping improve their capacity in COVID-19 prevention and control. … [Read more...] about Japan provides Vietnamese hospitals $18 milllion in COVID-19 aid