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VN, Russia boost medical cooperation

A delegation from the Coordinating Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre (CCVRTC) paid a working visit to Russia ’s ancient capital of Saint Petersburg following the committee’s 23 rd meeting from Nov. 27-30.
A delegation from the Coordinating Committee for the Vietnam-RussiaTropical Centre (CCVRTC) paid a working visit to Russia ’s ancientcapital of Saint Petersburg following the committee’s 23 rd meetingfrom Nov. 27-30.

In Saint Petersburg , thedelegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. GenNguyen Huy Hieu, President of CCVRTC’s Vietnam subcommittee, visitedthe Kirov Military Medical Academy and met with the academydirector, Major General Belevitin, to discuss cooperation plansbetween the two countries’ army medical academies, especially inpersonnel training and medical research.

Thedelegation also worked with the Children’s Hospital of InfectiousDiseases on measures to strengthen cooperation in tropical biomedicalresearch./.
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Doctors from Military Hospital 175 perform surgery on a patient on Truong Sa Island. (Photo: Military Hospital 175)

First successful open-chest surgery performed at Truong Sa infirmary

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WHO donates 9,000 rabies vaccine doses to Vietnam’s high-risk provinces - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

WHO donates 9,000 rabies vaccine doses to Vietnam’s high-risk provinces

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Delegates exchange views at the seminar (Photo: VietnamPlus)

Vietnam, Japan eye stronger healthcare cooperation

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Doctors from the UK charity Facing The World (FTW) conduct screenings for pediatric patients at Viet Duc University Hospital during their 2018 mission. (Photo courtesy of FTW)

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