President receives delegates to 27th ASEAN Federation of Cardiology Congress
President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 2 for a delegation of 50 leading cardiac experts and scientists from nations worldwide and ASEAN who will attend the 27th ASEAN Federation of Cardiology Congress (AFCC 2023) in the capital city.
President Vo Van Thuong meets with delegates to AFCC 2023 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - President Vo Va🅺n Thuong hosted a reception inHanoi on November 2 for a delegation of 50 leading cardiac experts andscientists from nations worldwide and ASEAN who will attend the 27th ASEANFederation of Cardiology Congress (AFCC 2023) in the capital city.
AFFCC 2023 will behosted by the Vietnam National Heart Association (VNHA), with over 2,000domestic and foreign delegates expected to attend the event. President Thuong praised the contributionsand dedication of cardiac professors, doctors and specialists who in theirsilent efforts, have propelled significant and impressive advancements in thefield of cardiology in Vietnam over the past years. He noted that Vietnam, like other countries,is facing changing disease patterns, with non-communicable diseases, includingheart diseases, on the rise. Therefore, the Vietnamese cardiology sector needsto make greater efforts in early screening and timely detection of diseases forintervention. Doctors and specialists should serve as role models in healtheducation, increasing public awareness of self-care, disease prevention,lifestyle change, physical exercise and healthy eating. He suggested that the VNHA should continue tobe a gathering place for leading experts and intellectuals in the field andplay its role as a professional social organisation in public health care. Itshould also continue providing effective policy counselling, strengthening thegrassroots health care system and building an extensive and accessible medicalnetwork. Delegates said the Vietnamese cardiologysector owes its success to the Party and State's support, and a contingent ofdedicated doctors, specialists and scientists. Foreign delegates emphasised the importanceof the Cardiology Federation, which brings together cardiology associationsfrom different countries to work on cardiac health care for the public, withactive and important contributions made by the VNHA. In their views, countries need to collaboratemore closely to prevent and manage cardiac diseases in their populations.Cardiologists should continue improving the quality of cardiac health careservices for patients and promoting cardiac health for healthy people, which willhelp to reinforce the achievements made over the years./.
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President Vo Van Thuong meets with delegates to AFCC 2023 (Photo: VNA) 
