Vietnam promotes cooperation in health care with Germany

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu paid working trips to Bad Schmiedeberg and Wittemberg cities of Sachsen-Anhalt state on June 17 to enhance their health care and rehabilitation cooperation with Vietnamese partners.
Vietnam promotes cooperation in health care with Germany ảnh 1The Military Hospital 175, in coordination with Division 370 of the Air Defence - Air Force, provides emergency aid for a patient (Photo: VNA).

Berlin (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to GermanyNguyen Minh Vu paid working trips to Bad Schmiedeberg and Wittemberg cities of Sachsen-Anhaltstate on June 17 to enhance their health care and rehabilitation cooperation withVietnamese partners.

In Bad Schmiedeberg city, Vumet its Mayor Martin Röthel, visited Bad Schmiedeberg Kur company and held aworking session with its leaders, and joined an online exchange between thecompany and Ho Chi Minh City-based Military Hospital 175, during which hedescribed health care cooperation as an important field that both sides couldwork closely together.

He wished that joint workbetween Military Hospital 175 and Bad Schmiedeberg city as well as otherpartners will be further promoted in the near future, including optimising themechanism to boost the exchange of human resources, especially caregivers.

Vietnam promotes cooperation in health care with Germany ảnh 2Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu (centre) works with Mayor of Bad Schmiedeberg, Martin Röthel (right) and Managing Director of the Bad Schmiedeberg Kur Company Deddo Lehmann (left) (Photo: VNA).

The Vietnamese Embassy willoffer all possible support to coordination in the field, he said.

Director of MilitaryHospital 175 Maj. Gen. Nguyen Hong Son wished that both sides would facilitatethe exchange of expertise and technology transfer.

Managing Director of the BadSchmiedeberg Kur company Deddo Lehmann also expressed his hope that the two sideswill step up collaboration in specific projects in the near future.

During a working session in Wittenbergcity, Ambassador Vu talked with its Mayor Torsten Zugehör about the possibility ofcooperation in health care, rehabilitation and tourism with Vietnamesepartners.

He also wished thatWittenburg would continue creating favourable conditions for the Vietnamese communityliving and working in the city./.

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