Health

Vietnam’s acupuncture developed in Mexico

Vietnam and Mexico have pledged to open more acupuncture training and treatment centres in Mexico following a recent bilateral agreement on acupuncture cooperation for the 2013-16 period.
Vietnam and Mexico havepledged to open more acupuncture training and treatment centres inMexico following a recent bilateral agreement on acupuncture cooperationfor the 2013-16 period.

The two sides also agreed to boostactivities of two alternative medical centres named after the latePresident Ho Chi Minh in Mexico City and Monterrey.

Thedocument was signed in Mexico City between Director of Vietnam’sCentral Acupuncture Hospital Nghiem Huu Thanh and Secretary General ofthe Workers’ Party of Mexico (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutierrez duringDirector Thanh’s visit from October 14-18.

While hailing effortsand skills of Vietnamese doctors who have been working in Mexico,Alberto Anaya Gutierrez said he shared Dr. Thanh’s view that theacupuncture centres in Mexico have contributed to increasingunderstanding about Vietnam’s people and land in the world andenriching cooperation between the PT and the Communist Party of Vietnamand the two peoples.

According to Dr. Nghiem Huu Thanh, there arethree acupuncture centres in Mexico all named after President HoChi Minh. Two of them are established under agreements between theCentral Acupuncture Hospital and the PT and the other between theVietnamese hospital and Zacatecas University.

Over the past12 years, more than 100 Vietnamese doctors and interpreters have beenworking in the three centres, which provided treatment to about 500,000Mexican patients.

In addition, 25 Mexican doctors got master degrees on acupuncture.-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.