Illustrative image (Source: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Hospital managers,renowned doctors and investors from the Republic of Korea’s Gyeonggi provinceattended a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 4 to study investmentopportunities in the field of health care in the southern economic hub.
Director the municipal Department of HealthNguyen Tan Binh said his department and the Gyeonggi counterpart had signedminutes in 2018 on cooperation in human resources training, professional andmanagement experience exchanges, and information technology application toserve medical examination and treatment.
Under this document, 24 Vietnamese students weresent to the RoK for professional exchanges and intensive training, he said,adding that the RoK province also assisted Vietnam in research, diagnosis andprevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer as well as in healthcaremanagement issues.
Ryu Yong Chol, director of Gyeonggi’s healthdepartment, evaluated HCM City as a potential market for medical investors fromthe RoK in general and Gyeonggi in particular, especially in the fields ofpharmaceutical products and healthcare equipment.
The RoK province hopes to set up in-depth cooperationwith HCM City in high-tech surgery for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases,cancer and organ transplantation as well as specialised medical care liketreatment of spine and joints, gynaecology, dentistry, orthopaedic injuries andcosmetic surgery.
During the workshop, the Gyeonggi medicaldelegation was informed about laws on foreign investment in health care inVietnam as well as regulations on the establishment and management of hospitalsand private clinics, and management of pharmaceutical products and healthcareequipment.
In 2017, the health departments of HCM City andGyeonggi province hosted successfully the Vietnam-RoK health care conferenceand set up a joint cooperation system including voluntary medical assistance, medicaltraining and technology sharing.-VNA
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