Health

Health Ministry lags behind in public administration reform

The Health Ministry was at the bottom of the ministerial-level public administration reform index 2012 (PAR INDEX 2012) with 64.78 percent, announced the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Government’s regular January meeting in Hanoi on January 25.
The Health Ministry was at the bottom of the ministerial-level publicadministration reform index 2012 (PAR INDEX 2012) with 64.78 percent,announced the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Government’s regularJanuary meeting in Hanoi on January 25.

Thegroup of poor performing agencies also included the Ministry of Labour,War Invalids and Social Affairs, with 67.06 percent; the Committee forEthnic Minority Affairs, 67.19 percent; and the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment, 69.75 percent,.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice topped the list with 82.47 percent,followed by the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, with indexesranging from 80.58 percent to 81.18 percent.

Meanwhile, Da Nang ranked first in the provincial-level PAR INDEX2012, with 87.14 percent, and the northern mountainous province ofDien Bien was at the bottom of the list, with only 62.58 percent.

As many as 19 provinces and cities recorded good performance withindexes at over 80 percent while 33 others saw rather good results ofbetween 70 percent and 80 percent.

According to theMinistry of Home Affairs, the index is an important foundation forministries and localities to assess their strong and weak points inorder to have timely measures to improve administration reforms.

The ministerial-level index covers seven areas with 31 criteria and 89sub-criteria while the provincial-level index covers eight areas with34 criteria and 104 sub-criteria.-VNA
Follow VietnamPlus

See more

Up to 95% of children aged 1-5 living in the city are expected to be vaccinated against measles and rubella this year. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi begins measles vaccination campaign

Hanoi commenced a measles vaccination campaign at health stations in the districts of Long Bien, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Hoai Duc and Thach That and Son Tay township on October 14.

The working session on vaccine manufacturing cooperation with Sanofi on October 8.(Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese, French firms partner in vaccine production

The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) and Sanofi on October 8 signed a document guiding the cooperation in manufacturing some vaccines of the French pharmaceutical group in the Southeast Asian country.

Providing free health check-ups and medicine to workers. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, IOM foster cooperation in improving migrants’ health

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on September 18 signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening cooperation in enhancing the health and quality of life of migrants, and supporting them in accessing national health systems and policies.

Doctor Jacques Ballout and a Vietnamese apprentice doctor. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese doctors impress French colleagues

Industriousness, enthusiasm, and smartness are the impressions that French doctors have had of their colleagues from the Vietnam – Sweden hospital in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi city, who are working at the Pierre Bérégovoy hospital, Nevers city of Nièvre province, under an apprenticeship programme.

Passengers at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi tightens control, prevention of monkeypox

The Hanoi Department of Health has asked the city's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to coordinate with Noi Bai International Airport and relevant units to increase monitoring to promptly detect suspected monkeypox cases at the airport and border gates, especially those returning from countries where the disease is currently spreading.

A doctor gives a dental check-up to a child at the September 7 event in the Czech Republic. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese in Czech Republic join hands for community health

The network of Vietnamese intellectuals and experts, the Vietnamese youths and students association, and the group of Vietnamese doctors and physicians in the Czech Republic have coordinated to offer free health check-ups and consultancy to the Vietnamese community in the country.