Ministry of health

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

Prague (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic presented 4,000 medical face masks to the Vietnamese community in the country amidst the developments of COVID-19 pandemic. The face masks, part of medical equipment provided by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs to support Vietnamese community in central and Eastern European countries, were given to people in crowded places with high risk of COVID-19 infection such as Sapa Trade Centre in Prague and trade centres in border areas of Tachov and Folmava. According to Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung, in the context of complicated developments of the pandemic, the Vietnamese Embassy hopes to ease difficulties facing Vietnamese people in the country, especially business households. He advised the community to continue applying preventive measures against COVID-19 pandemic, while strictly follow regulations in the host country in the field, wearing face masks and protecting their … [Read more...] about Embassy presents face masks to Vietnamese community in Czech Republic

Director of the Center Dr. Do Duy Cuong said that the patient self-medicated for five days. Only when the patient’s condition was so serious, relatives took him to the hospital. Doctors’ efforts to save him was unrewarded. This is the second death due to dengue in Hanoi. … [Read more...] about CDC warns about seasonal reproduction of dengue as infections rise

Tran Thi Giang Huong, director of the WHO’s Division of Programs for Disease Control for the Western Pacific region, yesterday asked for help from the WHO to urgently provide 10 doses of botulism antitoxin from its drug stockpile in Switzerland to treat patients who had eaten contaminated vegan pâte made by Hanoi-based Loi Song Moi Company. … [Read more...] about WHO sponsors 10 doses of botulism antitoxin to treat poisoned patients

The health ministry said that the market for medical equipment and materials in Việt Nam has experienced strong growth. The country’s total investment capital for medical equipment increased to US$1.68 billion in 2019 from $515 million in 2010. — VNS … [Read more...] about Health ministry launches e-portal for prices of medical equipment