Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) has been seen as one of the effective solutions to
encouraging the s to invest in healthcare, heard a workshop
in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9.
Speaking at the workshop, Do Quy Hiep,
deputy head of the PPP desk under the municipal Department of Planning and
Investment, said HCM City plans to allocate about 30 trillion VND (1.32 billion
USD) to investment projects during 2015-2020, of which 12 percent will serve
healthcare.
However, he said, the city can afford just
half of the amount while the remaining is waiting for investors.
As of April 2017, HCM City has 114
projects worth an estimated 131.74 trillion VND (5.8 billion USD) with nearly
5.5 trillion VND (242 million USD) for , he said, adding that there
are ten pending medical projects in the locality.
Truong Vinh Long, Director General of Hoa
Lam International Hospital, said PPP is one of the State’s open policies to
accelerate the synchronous public and private healthcare development.
He cited cooperation between Hoa Lam
International Hospital and 115 People’s Hospital as an example of the model,
saying Hoa Lam is expected to help ease the overload suffered by the public
hospital and offer high-quality services with almost equivalent prices to
patients.
Representatives from US groups like AIM,
Microsoft, Global Health Services Network and Varian Medical System said the
PPP model has been applied by many countries worldwide.
They suggested investors engage in specific
and clear contracts with public hospitals.
The Vietnamese Government should put forth a
clear and time-limit legal framework to ensure long-term cooperation and ease
risks for investors, they said.
The workshop was jointly held by the US
Consulate General’s Commercial Affairs Office in HCM City and Hoa Lam Investment
Development Corporation.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
