At the event (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs andEnergy of Germany (BMWi), the German Agency for International Cooperation, andthe Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a closing ceremony in Berlinon November 30 for a training course for Vietnamese business managers in thehealth sector.
During thefour-week course, 18 Vietnamese managers were trained in c, took fact-finding trips, and set up ties with partners in the fields ofhealth care and pharmaceuticals in German cities.
Speaking atthe event, a BMWi representative said the ministry will further step up tieswith Vietnam in health care, including holding more training courses forVietnam’s managerial staff.
VietnameseAmbassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu said health care has been one of thepriorities in Vietnam – Germany ties over the past years. Germany has assistedVietnam in upgrading health care infrastructure, hospital equipment, medicalwaste treatment, and developing telemedicine model, through which Vietnam’scentral and local medical establishments acquired Germany’s expertise in thefields of medicine, disease prevention and diagnosis.
He said therecent signing of the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and theInvestment Protection Agreement holds significance for bilateral economic-tradeexchange via cutting tariff and allowing foreign enterprises to join bidding inpublic sectors, including health care.
With anadvanced medicine and the largest European health care market worth 374 billionEUR in 2017, Germany puts focus on exports in the field of health care and isone of the world’s largest suppliers and exporters of health care products andservices. Its revenue from medical technology neared 30 billion EUR in 2017, 64percent of which was from exports. Meanwhile, earnings from the export ofpharmaceutical products and services amounted to 75.4 billion EUR, and spendingon research and development by pharmaceutical companies hit 6.2 billion EUR.
The BMWi haslaunched the “Health Made in Germany” initiative with an aim to boost exportsin the medical industry via helping foreign companies establish contact withGerman partners and suppliers./.
During thefour-week course, 18 Vietnamese managers were trained in c, took fact-finding trips, and set up ties with partners in the fields ofhealth care and pharmaceuticals in German cities.
Speaking atthe event, a BMWi representative said the ministry will further step up tieswith Vietnam in health care, including holding more training courses forVietnam’s managerial staff.
VietnameseAmbassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu said health care has been one of thepriorities in Vietnam – Germany ties over the past years. Germany has assistedVietnam in upgrading health care infrastructure, hospital equipment, medicalwaste treatment, and developing telemedicine model, through which Vietnam’scentral and local medical establishments acquired Germany’s expertise in thefields of medicine, disease prevention and diagnosis.
He said therecent signing of the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and theInvestment Protection Agreement holds significance for bilateral economic-tradeexchange via cutting tariff and allowing foreign enterprises to join bidding inpublic sectors, including health care.
With anadvanced medicine and the largest European health care market worth 374 billionEUR in 2017, Germany puts focus on exports in the field of health care and isone of the world’s largest suppliers and exporters of health care products andservices. Its revenue from medical technology neared 30 billion EUR in 2017, 64percent of which was from exports. Meanwhile, earnings from the export ofpharmaceutical products and services amounted to 75.4 billion EUR, and spendingon research and development by pharmaceutical companies hit 6.2 billion EUR.
The BMWi haslaunched the “Health Made in Germany” initiative with an aim to boost exportsin the medical industry via helping foreign companies establish contact withGerman partners and suppliers./.
VNA
