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Hanoi (VNA) – International visitors who came to Ho Chi
Minh City for health care make up 40 percent of the total number of foreign
tourists to Vietnam for this purpose.
The has focused on high-quality dental and cosmetic
treatment, traditional medicine and medical check-ups, among others.
Statistics reveal that last year, Vietnam welcomed 300,000 foreigners coming
for medical check-ups and 57,000 for , earning the country
more than 2 billion USD.
HCM City attracts this group of foreign visitors thanks to its application of
traditional and modern medicine in , as well as its strength
in dental and fertility treatment.
Being aware of foreign tourists’ increasing demand for medical services in the
city, travel companies such as Saigontourist and Fiditour have coordinated with
local hospitals to organise medical tours.
According to Nguyen Duc Minh, Director of the HCM
City Odonto Maxillo Facial Hospital, the number of foreign and overseas Vietnamese patients
in the hospital increases about 10 percent each year. The hospital offers low-cost
but quality services like those in other countries.
Also, the Tu Du Hospital is
well-known for its in-vitro fertilization with each case costing only about 100
million VND (4,300 USD) as compared to 400-700 million VND charged by hospitals
in other regional countries.
Some major hospitals in the city have also opened international departments, luring
crowds of foreigners.
In 2018, the HCM City
Medical Tourism Guide with basic information about travel and health care in
the city was released in both Vietnamese and English.
In September 2019, the municipal Health Department launched a mobile application
enabling locals and tourists to search for information about health facilities
in the city.
Apart from promotion activities, HCM City has improved the quality of medical
services and accommodations at health centres as well as foreign language
skills of local doctors, while cooperating with partners in this sphere./.
Source: VietnamPlus
