Vietnam hopes that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will offer the country more healthcare assistance, including policy consultation and experience sharing in personnel training and management.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung expressed the wish in Hanoi on March 11 while receiving WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Shin Young-soo.
He said that Vietnam pays special attention to health care, as part of efforts to realise the Millennium Development Goals. Though the country has made substantial progress along the way, the healthcare sector still exhibits many shortcomings.
Mr Young-soo said the WHO highly values what Vietnam has achieved in health care, especially its efforts to raise average life expectancy, provide medical care in remote areas and extend health insurance coverage to all 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 improving medical services, awareness campaigns on epidemic prevention and health insurance.
Source: nhandan.org.vn
