that is expected to help the country attract more foreign
tourists, including those from Japan, Associate Prof., Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Health Ministry’s
Department for Medical Examination and Treatment, has said.
Speaking at an online conference on Vietnam-Japan
cooperation in medical tourism, Khue said thanks to its successes in preventing
and controlling COVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnamese health care sector has improved
its position in the world.
Alongside, the country is rich in a long-lasting traditional
medicine, while Vietnamese acupuncture
techniques have been popularised and used in many countries, including Mexico
and Cuba.
Each year,
Vietnamese people spend about 2 billion USD for medical services abroad.
Meanwhile, in 2018, domestic hospitals received 300,000 patients who are
overseas Vietnamese and foreigners.
The quality of hospitals
in Vietnam has been improved over the past five years, said Khue, adding that
Vietnamese doctors have mastered many medical high technologies with world
standards.
Particularly,
costs for medical services in Vietnam are much lower than those in many
countries, with higher treatment efficiency, the official said.
Khue noted that
currently, Vietnam is building a project to attract overseas Vietnamese and
foreigners to use high-quality medical services in Vietnam in the 2021-2030
period, which will initially cover a number of localities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi
Minh City, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang and Khanh Hoa.
At the same time,
in the future, more high quality clinics will be developed to serve both
Vietnamese and foreign patients, he added./.
Source: VietnamPlus
