Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Vietnam - Japan Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi
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Vietnam – Japan Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi has made significant contributions to reinforcing the two countries’ friendship and cooperation over the past 30 years in various fields such as culture, arts, people-to-people exchanges, and humanitarian activities.
The PM said he hopes the Ambassador will have more initiatives to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam – Japan diplomatic ties in 2018 and further the bilateral extensive strategic partnership.
He also expected more Japanese businesses will invest in Vietnam and agreed to boost bilateral affiliation in labour exports, especially in the field of nursing. The Ambassador said the cooperation potential between Vietnam and Japan in economics, politics and culture is enormous, adding that he will do his utmost to propel the bilateral rapport forward.
The same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Shin Young-soo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific in Hanoi. The Vietnamese Government is building a master plan for realising the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and hopes to receive more assistance from international organisations, especially WHO, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.
He highly valued WHO’s leadership at global healthcare forums and appreciated its effective cooperation with and assistance to Vietnam. Vietnam has done a good job of implementing foreign ODA-funded projects in health care such as building and upgrading medical establishments, purchasing medical equipment, training personnel, technology transfer and scientific research, he noted.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc received World Health Organization's Regional Director for the Western Pacific Shin Young-soo
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For his part, Shin Young-soo said Vietnam has obtained impressive achievements in health care. Although its average per capita income is just about 2,000 USD, many of its accomplishments, especially the average longevity, are comparable to countries with a per capita income of 20,000 USD.
Mr. Shin Young-soo supposed that Vietnam has gained a number of achievements in health development, confirming that the WHO will strengthen cooperation with Vietnam. He hoped that the Vietnamese Government will improve the health system, increase the coverage of the health insurance, issue investment policy for hospitals, promote investment in health care in form of Public-Private Partnership and mobilize the social contribution for the development of the health sector.
WHO will strengthen cooperation with Vietnam, he stressed, adding that the Government should improve the medical system, expand health insurance coverage while increasing investment in health care through public-private partnership, and calling for more private contributions to the sector’s development.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the World Health Organization (WHO) enhance technical and financial assistance as well as mobilize resources from the development partners for Vietnam. The PM highly valued the leadership of the WHO at the global health forums and thanked the effective cooperation and support of the WHO, including Mr. Shin Young-soo, for the development of the nation’s health sector and care for people’s lives.
Vietnam has launched the international Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the health sector effectively in fields of fundamental construction, equipment purchasing, human resource development, technical assistance, technical transfer and science research. Vietnam is working to get the private sector involved in investing in the health sector and gives priority to investing in health infrastructure, especially in disadvantaged areas, he asserted.
The Vietnamese Government is urgently establishing an overall plan to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and expects to receive more assistance from the international organizations, especially the WHO.
