Vietnam’s acupuncture developed in Mexico
The two sides also agreed to boost
activities of two alternative medical centres named after the late
President Ho Chi Minh in Mexico City and Monterrey.
The
document was signed in Mexico City between Director of Vietnam’s
Central Acupuncture Hospital Nghiem Huu Thanh and Secretary General of
the Workers’ Party of Mexico (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutierrez during
Director Thanh’s visit from October 14-18.
While hailing efforts
and skills of Vietnamese doctors who have been working in Mexico,
Alberto Anaya Gutierrez said he shared Dr. Thanh’s view that the
acupuncture centres in Mexico have contributed to increasing
understanding about Vietnam’s people and land in the world and
enriching cooperation between the PT and the Communist Party of Vietnam
and the two peoples.
According to Dr. Nghiem Huu Thanh, there are
three acupuncture centres in Mexico all named after President Ho
Chi Minh. Two of them are established under agreements between the
Central Acupuncture Hospital and the PT and the other between the
Vietnamese hospital and Zacatecas University.
Over the past
12 years, more than 100 Vietnamese doctors and interpreters have been
working in the three centres, which provided treatment to about 500,000
Mexican patients.
In addition, 25 Mexican doctors got master degrees on acupuncture.-VNA