Vietnam - Bulgaria promote cooperation in the fields of health and human resource training

With the foundation of traditional cooperation, political determination of senior leaders and requirements of the new situation, Vietnam and Bulgaria are converging all the driving forces to promote cooperation in various fields, including healthcare and human resource training.

That was the assessment of Bulgarian Minister of Health Silvi Kirilov and Bulgarian Minister of Labor and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov during meetings and working sessions with Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet on the occasion of her term of office in Bulgaria.

At the meeting with Bulgarian Health Minister Silvi Kirilov, Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet emphasized that Vietnam always appreciates and remembers the valuable support, both material and spiritual, of the Bulgarian people in the struggle for independence and national reunification as well as in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, especially in the field of training doctors and medical experts.

Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet and Bulgarian Minister of Labor and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov. (Photo: Embassy of Vietnam in Bulgaria).

Most notably, in 2022, Bulgaria supported Lai Chau province to implement the “Survive to Thrive” project worth 36,000 USD at two remote district hospitals, contributing to reducing infant mortality rates and improving the capacity of grassroots health workers .

Regarding the direction of cooperation in the health sector, Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet proposed that Bulgaria support Vietnam in training and improving health capacity; coordinate research, share information and experience in the production of drugs, vaccines, traditional medicine, as well as promote digital transformation in the health sector.

Bulgarian Health Minister Silvi Kirilov introduced some of Bulgaria's outstanding health achievements in recent times, including important reforms to improve public health through nutrition, improve early cancer prediction capacity and digitize medical records.

According to Minister of Health Silvi Kirilov, with the foundation of traditional cooperation, political determination of senior leaders and requirements of the new situation, Vietnam and Bulgaria are converging all the driving forces to promote cooperation in various fields, including the health sector.

At the meeting and exchange with Bulgarian Minister of Labor and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov, Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet emphasized that the two countries have cooperated effectively in the field of human resource development, with more than 30,000 Vietnamese experts and skilled workers trained by Bulgaria. According to the Ambassador, this is a favorable time to restore and promote cooperation in this field.

Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet said that in recent high-level meetings, human resource development has always been identified as a potential field and proposed a number of cooperation orientations such as: Strengthening dialogue between functional agencies; reviewing and signing new documents; promoting investment and exchange of highly skilled labor and experts between the two countries.

Expressing his impression of Vietnam's economic development achievements while accompanying Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Rosen Zhelyazkov on a visit to Vietnam in January 2024, Minister Borislav Gutsanov said that Vietnam is one of the most dynamically developing economies in Asia today.

Minister Borislav Gutsanov affirmed that the friendship and sincerity in Bulgaria-Vietnam relations are "rare" in the world.

Agreeing with Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet's assessment that the two countries had effective cooperation in human resources during the 1970-1980 period, but the number of Vietnamese workers working in Bulgaria is currently limited, Minister Borislav Gutsanov said that Bulgaria currently has a great demand for human resources in many industries and wishes to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in this field.

Besides, the Minister suggested that the two sides focus on cooperation in the direction of exchanging experts and investing in the field of developing high-quality human resources.

Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/viet-nam-bulgaria-day-manh-hop-tac-trong-linh-vuc-y-te-va-dao-tao-nguon-nhan-luc-214991.html