Japan will provide 505 million Japanese yen (around 5.3 million USD) for a project to strengthen human resources in the health care sector in Vietnam.
The minute of discussion on the project was signed between the Ministry of Health and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Hanoi on May 31.
The five-year project, which is to kick off in July this year, will provide training on practical skills to the staff of three major facilities – Bach Mai, Hue central polyclinic and Cho Ray hospitals - in the three main cities of Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City during the first phase.
Participants to the training courses within the project are expected to learn practical knowledge and skills in prioritised areas such as hospital management and anti-bacterial contamination.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen said thanks to Japan’s close cooperation and technical transfer, the quality of health services in the three hospitals has been improved. She expressed the hope that this project would facilitate Vietnam’s efforts in systematically re-training the manpower in the health sector.
JICA Chief Representative to Vietnam Tsuno Motonori said the project will not be restricted to the three hospitals. It will later on be expanded to cover hospitals across the country.
Through this project, he said, the cooperation between Vietnam ’s Ministry of Health and JICA would be further developed.
After the signing ceremony, JICA will soon dispatch short and long-term experts to Vietnam for the project’s implementation./.
The minute of discussion on the project was signed between the Ministry of Health and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Hanoi on May 31.
The five-year project, which is to kick off in July this year, will provide training on practical skills to the staff of three major facilities – Bach Mai, Hue central polyclinic and Cho Ray hospitals - in the three main cities of Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City during the first phase.
Participants to the training courses within the project are expected to learn practical knowledge and skills in prioritised areas such as hospital management and anti-bacterial contamination.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen said thanks to Japan’s close cooperation and technical transfer, the quality of health services in the three hospitals has been improved. She expressed the hope that this project would facilitate Vietnam’s efforts in systematically re-training the manpower in the health sector.
JICA Chief Representative to Vietnam Tsuno Motonori said the project will not be restricted to the three hospitals. It will later on be expanded to cover hospitals across the country.
Through this project, he said, the cooperation between Vietnam ’s Ministry of Health and JICA would be further developed.
After the signing ceremony, JICA will soon dispatch short and long-term experts to Vietnam for the project’s implementation./.
