VOV.VN - The 29th international medical, hospital, and pharmaceutical exhibition - Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2023 - kicked off in Hanoi on December 7, drawing the participation of more than 150 businesses from 20 countries and territories worldwide.
Do Van Son, former chief accountant of the Advanced International Joint Stock Company (AIC Group), who has been wanted for further investigations into a medical equipment bidding scam, has turned himself in to police.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) on April 20 announced that the Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has abolished a circular featuring the procurement of medical equipment, applying different bidding groups for imported equipment.
VOV.VN - Four central hospitals in the capital received medical equipment donated by the Japanese Government on April 18.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 11 made a surprise visit to several centrally run hospitals in Hanoi, including Bach Mai and Children’s Hospital, to inspect medical examination and treatment there.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch institutionalising Government Resolution No. 30/NQ-CP dated March 4, 2023 on continuing to implement measures to ensure the supply of drugs and medical equipment.
Experts have welcomed new plans to address challenges in the procurement and bidding for drugs and medical equipment.
An international rescue delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on February 12 presented medical equipment and supplies weighing two tonnes to Turkey, recently affected by a devastating earthquake, through this country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
Vietnam wishes UNDP will continue to give advice to and support Vietnam in terms of health care, bidding and procurement of medicines and medical equipment, and marine spatial planning, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha told UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi.
VOV.VN - The Japanese Government had decided to provide two ambulances and an X-ray machine in non-refundable aid to two medical centres in Long An, a southern province of Vietnam.