Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung expressed the wish while receiving WHORegional Director for the Western Pacific Shin Young-soo in Hanoi onMarch 11.
He said Vietnam pays special attention to healthcare, as part of efforts to realise the Millennium Development Goals.Though the country has gained substantial results along the way, thehealth care sector still has many shortcomings.
ShinYoung-soo said WHO highly values what Vietnam has achieved in healthcare, especially efforts to raise average life expectancy, providemedical care in remote areas and expand health insurance coverage forall people.
The organisation will stand side by side with Vietnam to achieve health care development goals, the guest noted.
The two sides also touched upon issues relating to improvement ofmedical services, awareness campaigns on epidemic prevention and healthinsurance.-VNA