Illustrative photo (Source: afcr.org)Moscow (VNA) – A memorandum of understanding has
been signed to establish a Russia-Vietnam biomedical science and technology
research centre, a project that covers joint cooperation in proton radiation
therapy in cancer treatment.
The MoU was inked at a ese business forum held as part of
the 14th St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum. The signing
ceremony was participated by Prof. Dr. Tran Dai Lam, Director of the Institute for Tropical Technology under
the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Arkady Stolpner, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Berezin Sergey Medical Institute (MIBS) in St.
Petersburg; and Evgeny Grigoriev, Chairman of the Committee for External
Relations of St. Petersburg.
The Russia-Vietnam centre will be a place for the research,
diagnosis and treatment of cancers with modern technologies, including proton
radiation therapy technology, creating a premise for the implementation of a trial
model of cancer treatment hospital using the therapy in Vietnam.
Speaking at the
ceremony, Lam said the project opens a new prospect of cooperation with
and is the first step for Vietnam to become a cancer treatment centre in Southeast
Asia.
Lam also emphasised that it will contribute to the fight
against cancers in Vietnam with high efficiency and reasonable costs regarding
the use of the most advanced technologies.
After the signing, Stolpner announced that the MIBS
will sponsor the cost for sending three Vietnamese children to Russia for free
cancer treatment at the MIBS each year./.
Source: VietnamPlus
