Participants at the talk (Photo: VNA)Cao
Bang (VNA) – A talk exchanging information on disease prevention and
control, and healthcare activities between delegations of the Department of
Health of Vietnam’s Cao Bang province and the Health Commission of China’s was organised in Cao Bang city on March 5.
According
to Nong Tuan Phong, Director of the Department of Health of Cao Bang, the talk aimed
to further promote the comprehensive implementation of the joint statement on continuing to deepen and elevate the
comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and , and important common perceptions reached
by the two countries’ leaders.
Both
sides were committed to implementing the outcomes reached at the 2024 spring
meeting between
secretaries of the Party committees, the 15th meeting of the Joint Working
Committee of, and the medical exchange conference of the Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region and the
four Vietnamese provinces of Ha
Giang, Quang Ninh, Lang Son and Cao Bang in 2023; and a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) on medical cooperation between the four Vietnamese border
provinces and Guangxi.
In
2023, the Cao Bang Department of Health and the Health Commission of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region engaged in numerous friendly exchange activities and cooperation
in health care. The two sides stepped up information sharing and coordination
in preventing and controlling infectious diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic, plague, and
monkeypox, especially cross-border infectious diseases.
The two
sides also enhanced coordination and control for disease-carrying intermediate
hosts at land border checkpoints between the two countries; managed health
quarantine for humans, vehicles crossing the border, exported and imported
goods, medical microbiological samples, biological products, human tissues and
organs transported through pairs of land border gates between the two
countries.
Du Zhenzong, Head of the Health Commission of the Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, said the two
sides have collaborated effectively, especially in preventing and controlling
infectious diseases, minimising the risks of cross-border infectious diseases,
and deepening the relationship between the people of Vietnam and China.
He expressed
his hope that the two sides will continue to maintain their relationship, information
exchanges, and boost cooperation to reduce the spread of diseases that can be
transmitted across the border.
The official
hoped to cooperate with the Department of Health of in personnel training,
especially in providing further training and technical skills for medical officials and health care givers.
He suggested
the two sides discuss developing specific plans for improving the quality
of medical examination and treatment, public health, treatment techniques, and
traditional medicine and strengthening cooperation in treating cross-border infectious
diseases.
Quangxi
welcomes Vietnamese citizens to experience its advanced healthcare services and
will create the most favourable conditions for these tourists, Du affirmed.
The two sides’ medical agencies are considering establishing and implementing
win-win cooperation mechanisms and partnerships between Cao Bang and Guangxi, tapping
their resources and harnessing potential to bring a brighter future to the health
sector of the two countries.
Additionally,
they can conduct emergency response drills, share information on infectious
diseases, and traditional medicine, especially in preventing and treating Mediterranean anemia; and agree on a collaborative model to ensure patients
receive the best possible healthcare services available today./.
Source: VietnamPlus
