The Phuong Chau International Hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho inked a professional cooperation agreement on infertility treatment with the IVF Japan group and the Kishokai Medical Corporation on June 21.
Vietnam’s infertility rate currently stands at about 8 percent of couples, experts say, indicating that infertility is a major task for the obstetrics and gynecology sector in the country.
A new surgical technique developed by renowned obstetric surgeon Nguyen Viet Tien, who is also Deputy Health Minister, could replace the IVF method for thousands of infertile women.
The first baby conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in northern Bac Ninh province was born on May 16 at the provincial Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital, hospital director Le Van Nam said.
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