speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
launched the Vietnam health programme at a teleconference participated by all 63
provinces and cities nationwide on the occasion of –
February 27.
The programme was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc under Decision No 109/QD-TTg dated September 2, 2018. It sets out tasks
and solutions to achieve 28 targets in 11 prioritised health areas, including
nutrition, physical training, child healthcare, smoking-alcohol impact
prevention, environmental sanitation, and food safety.
Speaking at the event, Phuc praised public healthcare
sector’s continuous progress and pointed to its shortcomings.
The Government leader noted that despite high average life
expectancy, Vietnamese people generally have to live with diseases for about 10
years in their life, meaning a decline in life quality. Their physical stature
also improves little over the past years, he added.
Vietnamese average height is 164.5 cm for males and 153 cm
for females and only increases by 3 cm after 25 years.
The PM called for intensified awareness campaigns on
healthcare, particularly the need for a , which includes
regular exercises, no smoking, limited
alcohol drinking, and regular health check-ups.
Following the launch were a series of activities taking
place nationwide, such as health check-ups, health consultancy, mass physical
exercise, and cycling for health.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
