A team of Vietnamese doctors led by Dr. Nghiem Huu Thanh, Director of Vietnam’s National Hospital of Acupuncture (VNHA), visited Mexico from October 11-15 to strengthen links in acupuncture.

During the visit, the Vietnamese team was received by Senator Alberto Anaya, the General Secretary of the Workers’ Party (PT), who praised the work of acupuncture centres called Ho Chi Minh in Mexico , considering them beneficial for both the PT and the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The PT leader said he hoped that cooperation will develop in the future and suggested that Vietnam build two new acupuncture centres to provide treatment for drug users during detoxification and disabled children in Monterrey city.

After the reception, both parties signed an agreement to extend the operational time of these centres to December 2012.

Over the past ten years, the Ho Chi Minh acupuncture centres have provided treatment for nearly 10,000 patients in the country.

At a meeting with Zacatecas University , they agreed to expand their operations and train more acupuncturists.

They also agreed to continue holding training courses for Mexican acupuncturists to learn Vietnamese methods of acupuncture and point injection therapies.

Vietnam ’s acupuncture centres have so far trained 20 MAs in acupuncture for Zacatecas University . The VNHA has also sent 40 teams of doctors to treat 6,500 patients in Zacatecas and surrounding areas./.