HCM City (VNA) – A dialysis centre meeting Japanese standards in Ho Chi Minh City was put into operation at the local Nguyen Tri Phuong hospital on January 20. The establishment is an outcome of cooperation between the hospital and Nipro Corporation, a Japanese medical equipment manufacturing conglomerate. As the centre employs dialysis membranes that can be reused, it offers high quality treatment at more affordable prices. According to Director of the hospital Vo Duc Chien, it has already run a high-quality dialysis centre since 2016 to serve demand from locals and foreign experts. However, the treatment cost is high compared to local incomes due to the use of single-use membranes. Capable of serving about 100 patients a week, the new centre is expected to ease treatment pressures for the hospital’s dialysis department, which is currently treating 250 cases a week but still falling short of demand. At the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of the … [Read more...] about HCM City opens Japanese-standard dialysis centre
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VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20
He congratulated Saysomphone Phomvihane on being re-elected as a Politburo member of the LPRP (11th tenure) and expressed his belief that under the leadership of the new Politburo and the LPRP Central Committee, the Lao people will reap even greater achievements in the process of national construction and defence and successfully realise goals and political tasks set by the Resolution of the 11th Congress of the LPRP. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20
Chinese man sentenced 18 months in prison due to illegal entry into Vietnam
In September, 2019, Wang Qing Lin illegally entered Vietnam to work. One month later, Lin was fined VND4 million (USD173.91) for not completing the necessary entry procedures as required. After returning to China, Wang Qing Lin was told by a man named Xiao Hua to join the online visual stock market. Being promised to receive the monthly payment of CNY5,000, Lin agreed with the deal. On November 9, 2019, Wang Qing Lin illegally entered Vietnam again by road through an unidentified man. After re-entering Vietnam, Wang Qing Lin was taken to the central city of Danang by a Vietnamese person who has not yet been identified. In Danang City, with the support of Nguyen Thi Yen, 26 and Le Thi Toan, 38, Wang Qing Lin stayed in different areas in the city. During the stay in Danang, Wang Qing Lin used his mobile phones, iPads and laptops to operate an illegal visual stock website in China. On August 15, 2020, Wang Qing Lin and two other Chinese residents namely Li Jin Xi and Su Jin Shu were found … [Read more...] about Chinese man sentenced 18 months in prison due to illegal entry into Vietnam
Vietnam approaches leadership transition in rosy conditions: The Sunday Times
Vietnam needs to harness the potential consequences of the US-China trade war, which makes the country an attractive market, and also harness the early recovery from COVID-19, she said, adding that Vietnam will also have to restructure its economy to make the most of the free trade agreements with the EU and 14 other countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement that it signed last year./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam approaches leadership transition in rosy conditions: The Sunday Times
Chemical weapons catastrophe: Resources mobilised to ease Agent Orange pains
Colonel Le Dinh Vu, Office Chief of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences (Office 701), said that the office signed a memorandum of intent with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on support for people with disabilities in Vietnam, including AO/dioxin victims. … [Read more...] about Chemical weapons catastrophe: Resources mobilised to ease Agent Orange pains