A British couple among the nation's first COVID-19 patients have returned to Vietnam to thank the medical staff who treated them and present the hosts with a book about their time under care.
A ceremony was held on July 28 in Hanoi to send off 150 Vietnamese nurses and caregivers who will work in Japan under the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA).
Ho Chi Minh City has decided to earmark around 138.5 billion VND (6.06 million USD) a year until 2025 to pay stipends to trainee doctors, nurses and others working at grassroots medical stations as an incentive to attract personnel.
A training course on building capacity-based continuous training management system for nurses was opened in Hanoi on March 13 as part of a joint programme between the Vietnam Nurses’ Association (VNA) and Japan’s Itabashi Medical System (IMS).
The ‘Hold My Hands II’ project to improve the quality of those with heavy disabilities has been launched at the budget of 2 million USD sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
At the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, where the most severe COVID-19 cases in Hanoi and Northern provinces are treated, each health personnel only has one week of resting between the 3-month shifts.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs’ Department of Overseas Labour continues to receive applications for the recruitment of nurses and caregivers to study and work in Japan until the end of October 31, given the host nation’s serious shortage of medical human resources.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu visited Lingen town and Emsland district of the federal state of Niedersachsen, Germany, from October 8 to 10 to seek ways to promote nursing cooperation.
A marketing and communication campaign called ‘Resilient Blossoms’ by the Hoan My Medical Corporation has won the excellence award from Hospital Management Asia in the Branding & Marketing Campaign category.
Vietnamese nurses and caregivers sent to Japan have proved their outstanding capacity compared to their peers from other countries, evidently through the outcomes of national tests in the country.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has recently decided to ease an overseas travel ban on the country’s nurses and other medical workers to allow more to take jobs abroad.
Vietnam needs to train more nurses starting now since it has been forecast that, with its ageing population, there will be a shortage of 40,000-50,000 of them by 2030.
The Ministry of Health held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 12 to mark the International Nurses Day and affirm the role of nurses and midwives in public health care, especially when the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging around the world.
Vietnamese nurses joining together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic will be highlighted in a photo contest launched by the Vietnam Nurses Association on May 12.
Two female nurses of the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital have become the first Vietnamese medical workers to be infected with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam to 87, the Ministry of Health announced on March 20 afternoon.
Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Tong Thi Phong hopes Vietnam and the Czech Republic will soon talk and sign an agreement on labour export, paving the way for Vietnamese nurses to work in the Czech Republic.
Although nursing involves high work pressure and stress, many nurses at health facilities throughout the country are reluctant to leave the profession.
A meeting entitled “Antibiotics: Responsible use” was held at the Hanoi Medical University on November 13 to raise awareness of the issue amongst future doctors and nurses.
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