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IFC to help HCM City build medical facilities through PPP

Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Le Thanh Liem held a working session with Kyle Kelhofer, country manager for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), on April 5.
IFC to help HCM City build medical facilities through PPP ảnh 1HCM City authorities present souvenir to country manager for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia of the International Finance Corporation Kyle Kelhofer (third from left) (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) –Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Le ThanhLiem held a working session with Kyle Kelhofer, country manager for Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), on April 5.  

On the occasion, the twowitnessed the signing of a PPP advisory services agreement for the daycarehospital of the Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine between the IFC and theuniversity.      

Vice Chairman Liem stressed thatthe signing of the advisory services agreement marks the success of thepartnership between the IFC and HCM City’s Health Department, Department ofPlanning and Investment, and the Pham Ngoc Thach University. When completed,the project will provide a training centre, a general clinic and a daycare facility,serving around 300,000 patients a year.

Moreover, the successfulimplementation of the project will pave the way for more projects in the formof public-private partnership (PPP) between HCM City and the IFC, he said.

The official used the occasionto thank the IFC for its active coordination with HCM City’s agencies inimplementing the content of the memorandum of understanding between the cityand the IFC, which was signed during a trip of a city delegation to the US inDecember 2017.

HCM City hopes to receive moresupport and advice from the IFC in other fields such as building smart city,urban management, innovation and environmental protection, he said.          

The IFC official said withglobal experience and expertise in PPP advisory services, the IFC is a suitablepartner of HCM City in developing projects serving the city’s priorities ininfrastructure and social development, helping the city save public resourceswhile increasing the public’s access to quality services.  

According to Kelhofer, with theassistance of Hungary and the Rockefeller Foundation, the IFC will conductdetailed assessment and compile a report on different options for the projectof the Pham Ngoc Thach University in the next six months. Bidding for theproject is slated to be held at the end of this year, with the results to beannounced in mid-2020.-VNA

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