Netherlands Helps Improve Capacity for Vietnamese Medical Workers

The 14 million Euro programme, which will continue until 2010, aims to improve the health of the Vietnamese people through strengthening the capacity of medical workers as well as training institutions nationwide.

A five-year programme to improve the capacity of Vietnamese medical workers with the aid from the Netherlands Government was kicked off by the Health Ministry of Viet Nam and the Netherlands Embassy in Ha Noi on March 17. It targets eight medical universities, the School of Public Health and 12 medical colleges and secondary medical schools. The programme will also help strengthen the role of the Department of Science and Training of the Health Ministry in planning and monitoring all programmes relating to training of medical workers.