Japan will provide 505 million Japaneseyen (around 5.3 million USD) for a project to strengthen humanresources in the health care sector in Vietnam.
The minute of discussion on the project was signed between the Ministryof Health and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) inHanoi on May 31.
The five-year project, which is to kick off in July this year, willprovide training on practical skills to the staff of three majorfacilities – Bach Mai, Hue central polyclinic and Cho Ray hospitals - inthe three main cities of Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City during thefirst phase.
Participants to the training courses within the project are expected tolearn practical knowledge and skills in prioritised areas such ashospital management and anti-bacterial contamination.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen ThiXuyen said thanks to Japan’s close cooperation and technicaltransfer, the quality of health services in the three hospitals has beenimproved. She expressed the hope that this project would facilitateVietnam’s efforts in systematically re-training the manpower in thehealth sector.
JICA Chief Representative to Vietnam Tsuno Motonori said the projectwill not be restricted to the three hospitals. It will later on beexpanded to cover hospitals across the country.
Through this project, he said, the cooperation between Vietnam ’sMinistry of Health and JICA would be further developed.
After the signing ceremony, JICA will soon dispatch short and long-termexperts to Vietnam for the project’s implementation./.
The minute of discussion on the project was signed between the Ministryof Health and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) inHanoi on May 31.
The five-year project, which is to kick off in July this year, willprovide training on practical skills to the staff of three majorfacilities – Bach Mai, Hue central polyclinic and Cho Ray hospitals - inthe three main cities of Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City during thefirst phase.
Participants to the training courses within the project are expected tolearn practical knowledge and skills in prioritised areas such ashospital management and anti-bacterial contamination.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen ThiXuyen said thanks to Japan’s close cooperation and technicaltransfer, the quality of health services in the three hospitals has beenimproved. She expressed the hope that this project would facilitateVietnam’s efforts in systematically re-training the manpower in thehealth sector.
JICA Chief Representative to Vietnam Tsuno Motonori said the projectwill not be restricted to the three hospitals. It will later on beexpanded to cover hospitals across the country.
Through this project, he said, the cooperation between Vietnam ’sMinistry of Health and JICA would be further developed.
After the signing ceremony, JICA will soon dispatch short and long-termexperts to Vietnam for the project’s implementation./.
