HCM City (VNA) – A working delegation from theLiberal Democratic Party of Japan’s Committee for the Development of Women ledby member of the House of Representatives Tsuchiya Shinaki, visited a nurse trainingcentre at the 175 Military Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on July 13.

Shinaki, who is also head of the House of Representatives’Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation and deputy head of the Committeeon Land and Transport Infrastructure, watched how Japanese experts demonstratedskills to trainee at the Hoa Anh Dao (Sakura) training centre of the hospitaland discussed the efficiency of training courses with nurses.

She expressed her wish to learn about the prospect ofVietnam’s medical sector and cooperation programmes between Japan and Vietnam, aswell as between Japan and Hospital 175.

Director of the 175 Military Hospital Nguyen Hong Son hopedto receive further support from Japan in key fields such as training fordoctors, nurses, technicians and management staff; technological and technicaltransfer; scientific research; construction of training centres and nursing homesfor the elderly; and disaster first aid and medical support.

Established in August 2017, the Hoa Anh Dao Training Centrewas a joint effort between Vietnam’s 175 Military Hospital and Japan’s SyasoukenResearch Institute for the Development of Social Welfare, marking a new stridein medical cooperation on nurse training under the Japanese model.-VNA