The Vietnam National Chemical Corporation (Vinachem) on August 15 hosted
a ceremony to attach plaque to the Donkeo medical station, its gift to
residents in Nongbouk district, the Lao province of Khammouane.
Representatives from Taipei’s Rotary Club on August 14 granted 400
million VND (18,800 USD) to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent
Orange/dioxin (VAVA)’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province chapter to assist
heart surgeries for Agent Orange victims.
Three students returning from Nigeria , one of the four countries
that reported the spread of Ebola virus, are now in good condition and
have been under close observation by the Ministry of Health.
The Health Ministry and the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City held a
drill on August 14 to get hospitals in the city prepared for a possible
Ebola outbreak, which is currently ravaging West Africa, though no case
of infection has been reported in Vietnam so far.
A group of medical workers from the Republic of Korea’s Yeram Global
Corps is offering free health check-ups and medicines to the poor in the
central province of Binh Thuan from August 14-15.
The Health Ministry organised in Hanoi on August 13 a training course
on preventive measures against the deadly virus Ebola which is raging
through West Africa for health workers in the north.
Vietnam is making all-out efforts to prevent the Ebola virus from
entering the country, especially through tourists and guest workers who
come from or transit via West African countries where Ebola outbreaks
are spreading.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on
August 9 had an emergency meeting in Hanoi with related ministries and
agencies to seek ways to prevent Ebola virus disease that is raging
across West Africa.
An obstetrics and pediatrics hospital in the northern province of Quang
Ninh was officially inaugurated on August 7, helping local people access
more high-tech services and reducing the burden on hospitals at the
central level.
The Ministry of Health on August 7 issued an action plan on preventing
the Ebola virus disease in Vietnam as the disease is raging across West
Africa and likely to enter and break out in the country unless
preventive measures are taken proactively.
Physicians from the Rong Min Hospital of Taiwan (China) have
delivered free medical check-up and medicines to over 1,600 poor people
in the remote districts of Tan Phu, Trang Bom and Cam My, southern Dong
Nai province .
The 7th Vietnam International Dental Exhibition and Congress was
opened in Hanoi on August 7, drawing the participation of more than
1,000 experts, including those from 17 countries around the world.
About 100,000 foreigners visit Vietnam every year for medical treatment,
bringing more than 1 billion USD of revenue to local hospitals,
according to an article published on the English language news portal
VietNamNet Bridge on August 7.
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