Medical officers of Vietnam and China are joining a for people in border areas of the two countries, as part of the fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange programme (Photo: www.qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – of Vietnam and China are joining a medical
examination for people in of the two countries, as part of the
fifth .
The first
round of examination is underway in Hoa Thuan township of Vietnam’s northern
border province of Cao Bang until August 24, while the second one in Longzhou
County in China’s Guangzi Zhuang Autonomous Region is slated for August 26-28.
The programme
is organised by the Army Medical Department under the General Department of
Logistics of the Vietnamese Defence Ministry of Defence, along with the Health
Department under the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military
Commission of China, and local authorities.
Speaking
at the opening ceremony, Colonel Nguyen Xuan Kien, head of the Vietnamese Army
Medical Department, stressed that the activity aims to disseminate health care
knowledge as well as provide medical examination and treatment for people
living in border regions of Vietnam and China.
It also offers
chances for medical officers of the two countries to share experience, improve
their skills and enhance friendship.
Participants
will be able to understand more about the traditional cultures of the two
nations and lifestyle of ethnic groups living in border areas in particular,
Kien added.
For his
part, Major General Ji Jianhua, deputy
head of the Chinese Health Department, said the joint activity is the first to
realise the two countries’ medical logistics cooperation outside their border.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
