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Healthcare market attracts foreign investors

The healthcare market is drawing investors from home and abroad thanks to high demand and sustained growth.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The healthcare marketis drawing investors from home and abroad thanks to high demand and sustainedgrowth.

Raghu Rai, Founder & CEO of Jio Health,described Vietnam as a fertile land with an annual average spending increase of10 percent on healthcare services.

Moreover, Vietnam has one of the fastest growingmiddle-income class countries, where people give priority to healthcare andeducation services.

Meanwhile, director general of Nielsen VietnamLouise Hawley said a survey conducted by the company showed that health is amajor concern among Vietnamese people, besides a stable job.

In recent times, domestic and foreign businesseshave invested in the healthcare sector through direct investment or mergers andacquisitions, she added.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son saidthe ministry is willing to work with firms that are interested inpublic-private-partnership (PPP) investment./.

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