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NA scrutinises draft laws on health facilities, treatment

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Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam at the National Assembly meeting yesterday morning. VNA/ Photo Phạm Kiên

HÀ NỘI – National Assembly (NA) deputies yesterday looked at ways to improve nationwide health facilities and treatment methods.

The wide-ranging discussions were in relation to the draft Law on Medical Examination and Treatment (amended) during the 15th NA’s ongoing third session.

Among the items raised were which department should handle the issuance of medical licences, laying out more detailed criteria for medical schools, and expanding family treatment models to improve capacity and reduce overcrowding at health centres.

The making of the draft law aims to institutionalise the Party’s policies; address shortcomings and limitations of the existing law, deal with newly arising issues to increase the quality of medical services towards fairness, quality, effectiveness, development, and international integration; and strengthen the validity, efficiency, order, and discipline of State management over health check-ups and treatment.

The draft law includes 10 chapters and 102 articles, one chapter more than the existing one.

Regarding the granting, suspension and revocation of medical practice licences, Phạm Thị Kiều, delegate from Đắk Lắk Province, said the National Medical Council was assigned with great tasks such as advising on institutional and policy development on health, medical examination and treatment; and solving professional problems.

The issuance of licences should be assigned to State agencies or independent organisations instead of the medical council, Kiều said.

Many delegates agreed that the licensing should be assigned to the Ministry of Health or local health departments. 

The country now has 27 medical schools with different admission score and training quality. 

However, the current regulations do not have criteria to define the quality among these schools, delegate Nguyễn Thị Mai Hoa from Đồng Tháp Province said. 

Therefore, it is necessary to have accurate and fair general ability exams. The ability test will be a breakthrough to create a driving force for comprehensive innovation in medical training, she added.

The organisation of the tests needs to be serious, accurate, and objective.

The law drafting board should also study and clearly define the role and activities of the National Medical Council, Hoa said, adding that it should operate as an independent agency from the Ministry of Health and only in charge of the medical profession.

After listening to delegates’ opinions, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam, said the Government will direct the Ministry of Health and the law drafting board to carefully study all opinions to have optimal regulations in the next draft law, which will be submitted to the National Assembly.

Many issues in the law will also continue to be studied to better protect people’s health and lives, and use more effectively the State budget and Health Insurance Fund, he said.

Policies related to disadvantaged groups, including people from ethnic groups, and remote areas will also be focused on, as well as better policies to ensure the interests of patients as well as the medical staff.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasised that it is necessary to have a suitable roadmap to organise examinations and grant medical practice certificates in accordance with the process of administrative reform and to avoid bottlenecks during implementation.

Regarding the grassroots health care system, the Deputy Prime Minister said the government has directed the Ministry of Health to study the experience of the World Health Organization and world classify patients to suitable healthcare facilities.

Family medicine models also need to be expanded to improve the capacity of primary healthcare, he said. 

The Deputy Prime Minister also asked for strengthened management over the medical service prices at state-owned and private medical examination and treatment establishments.

Deputy Prime Minister said he will also direct the Ministry of Health to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Information and Communications and relevant ministries to clarify all regulations related to the digital transformation in the health sector.

Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1250233/na-scrutinises-draft-laws-on-health-facilities-treatment.html

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NA Chairman meets Vietnamese community in Indonesia

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National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 4 met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to ASEAN and the Vietnamese community in Indonesia.

NA Chairman meets Vietnamese community in Indonesia hinh anh 1National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Indonesia (Photo: VNA)

Jakarta – National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 4 met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to ASEAN and the Vietnamese community in Indonesia.

According to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong, about 500 Vietnamese people are living in Indonesia. Over the years, the embassy had focused on protecting Vietnamese citizens in the country, he said.

He noted that despite the global economic recession, two-way trade between Vietnam and Indonesia has still increased 10% each year to 14 billion USD in 2022. He held that the goal of 15 billion USD set by the two sides can be reached before 2028.

Many Vietnamese people have chosen Indonesia for travelling, while many Vietnamese businesses have invested in the country, he added.

Meanwhile, Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, and ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Tran Duc Binh said that Vietnam and Indonesia are important partners of each other in ASEAN. The Vietnamese top legislator’s participation at the 44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-44) is an important external activity in both bilateral and multilateral aspects, they underlined.

Representatives from Vietnamese businesses in Indonesia proposed that the NA and Government continue designing policies and measures to promote economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

Addressing the meeting, NA Chairman Hue highlighted the sound relations between Vietnam and Indonesia, initiated by President Ho Chi Minh and President Sukarno.

He said that Vietnam with a population of 100 million and Indonesia with nearly 300 million people have great cooperation potential, asking Vietnamese businesses, diplomatic agencies and community to continue to promote bilateral collaboration in promising areas towards the goal of 15 billion USD in two-way trade. Indonesia is currently the third largest of Vietnam among ASEAN members, he noted.

He said he hopes the embassy and Vietnamese community will continue to act as a bridge connecting the two countries. He also asked the Vietnam Trade Office to create optimal conditions for businesses of both sides to promote partnership.

He affirmed that the Party and State always consider the Vietnamese community abroad as an indispensable part of the Vietnamese nation, and expressed his hope that the Vietnamese community in Indonesia will maintain the language and culture of Vietnam.

He held that it is necessary to organise a Vietnamese Language Day abroad, along with the building of cultural facilities for Vietnamese people in other countries to gather./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/na-chairman-meets-vietnamese-community-in-indonesia/265677.vnp

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Voluntary blood donation helps save lives

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Many people across Vietnam, regardless of their ages and jobs, have actively donated blood to save lives of many others.

Voluntary blood donation helps save lives hinh anh 1Tran Minh Men (L) and another blood donor. (Photo: tuoitre.vn)

Hanoi – Many people across Vietnam, regardless of their ages and jobs, have actively donated blood to save lives of many others.

In late July, 100 outstanding blood donors nationwide were honoured at a three-day programme in the capital city of Hanoi.

Among them, there are 20 female delegates, 16 representatives from the education sector, eight medical staff, seven from the armed forces and three ethnic minorities. The oldest delegate is 61 years old and the youngest is 22 years old.

There were 10 delegates who donated blood 19-29 times, 60 delegates 30-49 times, 20 delegates 50-69 times, eight 70-99 times, and two at least 100 times.

Tran Minh Men, a 52-year-old man, has donated blood 102 times over the past 22 years. He is now head of the Blood Bank Team in Nghi Duc commune, Tanh Linh district, the south central province of Binh Thuan.

He shared at a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh that he has also encouraged more than 3,000 others to participate in blood donation campaigns.

According to him, the greatest joy of those who participate in those campaigns is that patients are healthy and return to a normal life.

Meanwhile, Ho Kim Phuong from Ho Chi Minh City is the female donor with the most times donating blood at 78 times. She has participated in blood donation once every 3 months since 1997.

“Having witnessed many difficult and extreme situations, I always think “I can give what I can give, I can help someone with what I can”. My blood is available in my body, I can help people, help life until there is no health left. My family has four members, and all of us have donated blood more than 250 times, my husband has donated 72 times and is now over the age to donate blood, my daughter 52 times, my son 48 times,” Phuong said.

Voluntary blood donation helps save lives hinh anh 2Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Over the past 15 years, as many as 1,500 voluntary blood donors nationwide have been honoured.

Last year, over 1.43 million units of blood were donated nationwide, 99% of which came from voluntary blood donors.

Since early this year, about 900,000 units of blood have been collected through various campaigns./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/voluntary-blood-donation-helps-save-lives/265650.vnp

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Vietnam News Agency has third deputy general director

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision appointing Nguyen Thi Su, head of the Domestic News Department of the Vietnam News Agency, to the position of VNA Deputy General Director.

Vietnam News Agency has third deputy general director hinh anh 1Nguyen Thi Su has become the third deputy general director of the VNA (Photo: VNA)

HanoiPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision appointing Nguyen Thi Su, head of the Domestic News Department of the Vietnam News Agency, to the position of VNA Deputy General Director.

Su, born in 1972, has become one of the three deputy general directors of the VNA, the State-run news agency of Vietnam, along with Nguyen Tuan Hung and Doan Thi Tuyet Nhung.

Su graduated from the Hanoi University of Law. She started her career at the VNA in 1994 as a reporter. She was promoted to the head of the diplomatic news desk of the VNA Domestic News Department in 2006, deputy head of the department in 2011 and head of the department in 2019.

Currently, she is also a member of the VNA Party Committee and Vice President of the Union of Journalists of the VNA.

[Vietnam News Agency has new Deputy General Director]

The VNA is responsible for providing official information and documents of the Party and State, according to the Government’s recently-released Decree No 87/2022/NĐ-CP. It provides information in service of the Party leadership and State management; and collects and provides news through various forms of press and multimedia to be published by the mass media, and for the public and readers at home and abroad./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-news-agency-has-third-deputy-general-director/265688.vnp

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