By Dat Nguyen  January 17, 2019 | 06:51 pm GMT+7 Shoppers at a mall in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen Vietnam ranks fourth among the world’s top 10 countries with the fastest millionaire population growth, a new report says. The country’s High Net Worth (HNW) population is set to grow by 10.1 percent each year in the 2018-2023 period, says wealth research firm Wealth-X. This growth rate is only lower than Nigeria at 16.3 percent, Egypt, 12.5 percent and Bangladesh, 11.4 percent, says the report, which covered over 540,000 HNW individuals in the world. The report defines HNW population as those with a net worth between $1 million and $30 million. The world’s HNW population grew by 1.9 percent last year from 2017 to 22.4 million people with a combined wealth of $61.3 trillion. About 25 percent of the world’s HNW population were located in Asia last year, and their total wealth was $15.48 trillion. Although the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s millionaire population growth among world’s fastest
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The boys have revived more than Vietnam’s footballing fortunes
Vietnam just might be the most football-crazy country in the world. My friend Paul, an English journalist, said this often. “I love how Vietnam loves its football. It’s passionate, ardent and sincere,” he would say. As one who has traveled to every corner of the world, his words were flattering. Paul must have been to some of the most football-crazy countries out there, like Argentina, Brazil, or Italy, for example. But he thought Vietnam was the most fervent of them all. Paul had seen how Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City were festooned in red and gold as national flags fluttered everywhere, how the people’s laughter, screams and honks of their motorbikes concocted a beautiful cacophony that reverberated through the night. He was here when Vietnam’s U23 football team executed consecutive “miracles” at the 2018 AFC U23 Championship in Changzhou, China earlier this January. While the festivities showed Paul that the Vietnamese loved football, it took … [Read more...] about The boys have revived more than Vietnam’s footballing fortunes
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine elevates radiology curriculum with GE’s enterprise imaging solutions
Opening ceremony of new Advanced Imaging Training Centre at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine The university, which opens its new Advanced Imaging Training Centre today will offer technical and hands-on training with GE’s Enterprise Imaging Software such as Centricity TM Universal Viewer and Advanced Visualisation. Centricity TM Solutions for Enterprise Imaging delivers comprehensive reading across hospitals, reporting and collaboration across care pathways to help improve clinical efficiency and drive enhanced patient outcomes. The opening of the centre is a milestone for the university and signifies a step up in the future of healthcare in Vietnam. Pham Ngoc Thach University will be a first-mover in the country, offering education around enterprise imaging solutions in Vietnam, and elevating the current traditional textbook model of teaching to include hands-on digital experience. In addition, training will be open to qualified clinicians from across the country who are … [Read more...] about Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine elevates radiology curriculum with GE’s enterprise imaging solutions
Vietnam’s hospital performs first-ever robot-assisted kidney removal surgery
The Hanoitimes - Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have carried out kidney removal from living donors using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Surgeons at Cho Ray Hospital carry out kidney removal from living donors using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Photo: Cho Ray Hospital On June 27, Head of the hospital’s Department of Urology, Dr Thai Minh Sam said this is the first time that a kidney removal keyhole surgery has been done in Vietnam with the assistance of robot. The first operation on May 16 was done on D.X.T, 53 years old, who donated his kidney to a 55-year-old relative. The second operation on June 20 was on Nguyen Van T, 50 years old, who donated the kidney to his daughter, who is 27 years old. There was no blood transfusion and no complication during the surgeries. The two donors were released from the hospital two days after surgery, said Dr.Sam. Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces blood loss, pain and … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s hospital performs first-ever robot-assisted kidney removal surgery
HCM City aims to detect, treat remaining 20 percent of TB patients
Free X-rays for people at high risk of contracting TB are provided by a project administered by the HCM City Public Health Association with Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, the Friends for International Tuberculosis Relief, IMPACT TB, and the EU. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has instructed health officials in all districts to visit households with patients who are at a high risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) and offer testing and treatment, Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy head of the department, has said. As part of the national strategy on TB prevention, the recent conference reviewed the last two years of TB prevention and detection activities in HCM City. The city aims to have only 20 patients with TB per 100,000 people by 2030, according to Hung. Over the last two years, 16,500 new incidences of TB were detected each year in HCM City, but the figure only accounted for 80 percent of the real number in the community, he … [Read more...] about HCM City aims to detect, treat remaining 20 percent of TB patients