In recent years, international cooperation in the health sector in Ho Chi Minh City is bringing many results, contributing to improving the quality of health care and protection for people, strengthening prevention and treatment capacity. Patient treatment and care and hospital management.
One of the bright spots in international medical cooperation is clearly shown through activities with partners from France. During the 50 years the two countries established diplomatic relations and 10 years of strategic partnership, the French Cooperation Agency has supported training in postgraduate programs led by French and Vietnamese professors and doctors. Teaching at medical universities in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, and Hai Phong. The French Medical Center in Ho Chi Minh City, in addition to treating diseases, the team of French and Vietnamese doctors and nurses also cooperates to exchange and share experiences, especially in training human resources and fostering skilled doctors and nurses. has deep professional qualifications, serving community health.
“There have been more than 3.000 Vietnamese doctors and nurses trained in French hospitals and are holding many positions in Vietnamese universities and hospitals. On the contrary, more and more young French people are studying in Vietnam," Ms. Emmanuelle Pavillon-Grosser, French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, shared.
The United States is also one of the countries with many important medical cooperation projects with Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City. Regarding HIV/AIDS prevention and response activities, over the past 25 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) has coordinated to support and save the lives of many patients in Vietnam through Providing prevention and treatment services for people living with HIV.
Starting in 2013, up to now, the Vietnamese-German Faculty of Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine has graduated 70 medical students meeting international standards. This is the first program in which Vietnamese medical doctors are recognized and continue their studies in postgraduate specialties while simultaneously practicing medicine in Germany. The school is also the first unit in Vietnam to have a training program that is directly inspected for quality, ranked equivalent to the European level in terms of quality of medical doctor training.
“Up to now, there have been 70 excellent doctors who have graduated, along with 349 students currently enrolled in this joint training program. These will be the doctors of the "golden generation of medicine" in the coming time", Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hiep, Principal of the school, shared and said that this is a breakthrough step in the field of medicine. Training medical resources to approach world level.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Tang Chi Thuong, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the city is aiming to become a health care center in the ASEAN region. Promoting cooperation with countries with developed medical systems is necessary for the health sector to increase medical examination and treatment capacity, not only meeting the needs of domestic people, but also attracting foreign patients. thereby contributing to raising the position of Vietnamese healthcare.
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