Doctors provide free checkups to poor people in Cambodia

A team of Vietnamese and Cambodian volunteer doctors provided free health check-ups and medicines to , Cambodia on September 27-28.(Photo: nhandan.com.vn)

Phnom Penh (VNA) – A team of
provided and medicines to poor people in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia on September 27-28.

The volunteer
doctors from and Phnom Penh teamed up with the Ho
Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia
in the charity event to mark the 50th anniversary of the
Vietnam-Cambodia diplomatic relations.

Over 1,000 local
people from difficult background received medical check-ups during the event.

The team also
provided counseling on livestock breeding techniques for local people and
helped renovate green spaces for several Cambodian schools.

In recent years, the
government of Vietnam has enabled Cambodian nationals, especially those living
along the shared border, to receive treatments in hospitals in Vietnam and pay
the same rates as Vietnamese people.

Thousands of
Cambodians were reported to get healthcare services in Vietnam every day.-VNA