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Japan helps improve medical equipment at national cancer hospital
VGP - Viet Nam and Japan signed an agreement on grant worth VND300 billion (US$11.78 million) for a project on improving medical equipment at National Cancer Hospital in Ha Noi.
Health Minister Dao Hong Lan (R) and Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)–Viet Nam Office Sugano Yuichi sign an agreement for a project on improving medical equipment at National Cancer Hospital in Ha Noi, May 28, 2024 - Photo: VGP
The agreement was inked by Health Minister Dao Hong Lan and Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)–Viet Nam Office Sugano Yuichi on May 28.
Addressing the signing ceremony, Dao thanked the Japanese Embassy in Viet Nam, JICA and Japanese experts for their support to Viet Nam's healthcare sector in over past time, expressing his hope that the embassy and the agency will support the hospital to implement the project in the coming time.
The minister asked the hospital to closely cooperate with the Japanese side and relevant agencies to complete procedures, receive and use the equipment effectively.
In Viet Nam, non-communicable diseases cause 77 percent of the total deaths each year, and cancer is the second leading cause.
According to estimates by the Global Cancer Organization (GLOBOCAN), in 2022, Viet Nam had more than 180,000 new cancer cases and about 120,000 deaths due to cancer./.