Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on August 31 visited severalmedical and pharmaceutical establishment in Basel city, Switzerlandto share experience in training and seek opportunities forcooperation.
He called on the Swiss Tropical and Public HealthInstitute (TPH), a world renowned institution for training, researchand services in the field of international health development. Theinstitute gathers more than 500 scientists from 40 countries to work,research, and provide medical services, aiming to facilitate andcontribute to health development worldwide, especially in underdevelopedcountries.
Nhan valued the institute’s research and trainingachievements and stressed that the Vietnamese government gives toppriority to ensuring social security and people’s health in which thequality of training and human resources plays a very important role.
Vietnam wants to expand cooperation in education and training with countries that have advanced education, including Switzerland which boasts the renowned health and pharmaceutical industries, said Nhan.
He invited the Swiss institute’s leaders to attend the secondVietnam-Switzerland tertiary education forum to be held in Ho Chi MinhCity in September 2012.
The forum is expected to be a goodchance for Vietnamese medical universities and the Swiss institute toincrease cooperation and exchange of researchers to support healthdevelopment between the two countries.
TPH deputy directorNicolaus Lorenz told the Vietnam News Agency correspondent his institutehas developed cooperation programmes with Vietnam since 2006, and ithas so far trained three PhD researchers for Hanoi CommunityHealth University.
The same day, Nhan visited Novartis, aleading group which provides creative health solutions. AlexandreJetzer, a member of the company’s board of directors, said Novartiswants to contribute to Vietnam ’s socio-economic development throughproviding quality health services for local people.
Later, Nhan visited the Pharmacy Museum and worked with representatives of Interpharma and Rocher companies.
On September 1, the Vietnamese Deputy PM began a working visit to Bulgaria.-VNA
He called on the Swiss Tropical and Public HealthInstitute (TPH), a world renowned institution for training, researchand services in the field of international health development. Theinstitute gathers more than 500 scientists from 40 countries to work,research, and provide medical services, aiming to facilitate andcontribute to health development worldwide, especially in underdevelopedcountries.
Nhan valued the institute’s research and trainingachievements and stressed that the Vietnamese government gives toppriority to ensuring social security and people’s health in which thequality of training and human resources plays a very important role.
Vietnam wants to expand cooperation in education and training with countries that have advanced education, including Switzerland which boasts the renowned health and pharmaceutical industries, said Nhan.
He invited the Swiss institute’s leaders to attend the secondVietnam-Switzerland tertiary education forum to be held in Ho Chi MinhCity in September 2012.
The forum is expected to be a goodchance for Vietnamese medical universities and the Swiss institute toincrease cooperation and exchange of researchers to support healthdevelopment between the two countries.
TPH deputy directorNicolaus Lorenz told the Vietnam News Agency correspondent his institutehas developed cooperation programmes with Vietnam since 2006, and ithas so far trained three PhD researchers for Hanoi CommunityHealth University.
The same day, Nhan visited Novartis, aleading group which provides creative health solutions. AlexandreJetzer, a member of the company’s board of directors, said Novartiswants to contribute to Vietnam ’s socio-economic development throughproviding quality health services for local people.
Later, Nhan visited the Pharmacy Museum and worked with representatives of Interpharma and Rocher companies.
On September 1, the Vietnamese Deputy PM began a working visit to Bulgaria.-VNA
