SEA Games 31 will last from May 12-23 with 40 sports events. Health care services for the Games will be provided from May 10-24. Along with Hanoi, activitiesand sport events within SEA Games 31 will take place in 11 nearby provinces and centrally-run cities, namely Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, Hai Phong, HaiDuong, Quang Ninh, Vinh Phuc and Phu Tho.
Hanoi will host theopening and closing ceremonies of the Games, as well as 22 sport events.
At a working sessionwith the city's Department of Health on March 29, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue,Director of the Ministry of Health's Department of Medical Examination andTreatment, who is also deputy head of the Medical and Anti-Doping Sub-Committee of SEA Games 31, underlinedthat SEA Games 31 is a big event of the country and Hanoi, asking thecity to design an organisation and management map to ensure effective coordination among relevantagencies and design detail plans for medical service provision, especiallyduring the opening and closing days of the event.

Regarding food safety issues, Deputy Director of the Health Ministry’s VietnamFood Administration Nguyen Hung Long said that Hanoi should make carefulinspections at competition venues and hotels hosting athletes andsurrounding areas, while making more detail plans to ensure food safety duringthe event.
Khue suggestedthat Hanoi launch a campaign to keep the city green, clean and beautiful towelcome SEA Games 31.
He said that the Medical and Anti-DopingSub-Committee will work closely with Hanoi’s Department of Health to check the readiness of the hospitals and medical centres and conduct medicalrehearsals./.