Simultaneously, the HCMC Department of Health is going to finish the construction projects of new facilities for the three general hospitals sited at the gateway to the city (in Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, and Thu Duc districts); the second branch of Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine in Binh Chanh District to create the model of medical institute – school with international standards. … [Read more...] about HCMC aiming at becoming specialized medical center of ASEAN
Improving patient satisfaction in the emergency department
Progresses seen in Vietnam management of national foreign debts: workshop
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has recorded significant achievements in managing national foreign debts over the past three decades, said an official at a workshop held in Hanoi on January 26. Vo Huu Hien, Vice General Director of the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Debt Management and External Finance, made the statement, adding that the effective management has transformed Vietnam from a poor and heavily indebted country into a one receiving international organisations’ recognition as having a controlled external debt level and being excluded from the group of countries with a debt burden. According to data from the ministry, the public sector’s proportion in the structure of the national external debt decreased from 73.6 percent in 2010 to 63.4 percent in 2015 and 43.7 percent in 2020. The Government’s foreign loans are mainly official development assistance and concessional loans. To date, Vietnam has signed more than 85 billion USD worth of these loans. … [Read more...] about Progresses seen in Vietnam management of national foreign debts: workshop
Efforts to empower ethnic minority women
According to Ha Viet Quan - Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, Committee for Ethnic Minorities, ethnic minority groups, which make up nearly 14% of the Vietnamese population, are facing structural and informal inequalities. . Extensive inherent inequality includes employment, income, education, access to health services, reproductive health due to remote areas and cultural practices. Gender inequality with ethnic women is part of a social structure that also exists at both the family and individual levels, where discrimination against women and the lack of resources have been hindering ethnic minority women speak up, practice leadership in families and communities; The voice of women in the community is very limited. … [Read more...] about Efforts to empower ethnic minority women