Certificates of merit presented to outstanding individuals and teams The program is co-organized by the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, the Ministry of Health, the Vietnam Red Cross Society, and the Vietnam Young Doctors’ Association. Over the past years, the program actively mobilized medical personnel to provide more than 13,400 free check-ups and medicines, worth around VND 1.3 trillion, to six million people, including the poor, across the country. On this occasion, individuals and organizations with outstanding achievements in ensuring healthcare for the community received merit certificates from the Prime Minister, the VPA’s General Department of Politics, the Ministry of Health, and the Vietnam Red Cross Society’s Central Committee. Translated by Van Hieu
A medical worker from FMP gives health checkup for a child (Photo: baobaohiemxahoi.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – A free medical checkup and gift offering programme will come to people in nine impoverished communes in the mountainous district of Kon Plong, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum from September 11-18. The FMP and the Israeli Embassy also send food, clothes and other daily necessities to the local communities. Kon Plong is one of the poorest districts in Vietnam with the highest mortality rate and lowest life expectancy in the region. The infant mortality rate in the locality remains high due to home birth…... [read more]
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In recent years, the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang has provided free health insurance to needy people in remote areas, protecting their right to healthcare.In the past, health insurance was irrelevant to people in the remote and mountainous regions, but now they can confidently hold an insurance card when going to hospital. The health insurance law has provided underprivileged and ethnic minority people living in poor regions with free health insurance.Co Ngan is among several mountainous communes with poor socio-economic development of Cao Bang province. However, with support from medical workers, locals now understand the importance of health insurance…... [read more]
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