On Thursday, the Chairman of Da Nang People’s Committee, Mr Van Huu Chien, played host to a visiting group from Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, led by its Governor, Mr Kuroiwa Yuji.

During his reception, Chairman Chien said he would like Mr Yuji to appeal for more Japanese businesses to put their money into the city’s hi-tech and dedicated IT industrial parks.

With regard to the healthcare service, the host also asked Kanagawa Prefecture, and its Cancer Centre in particular, to provide training for more highly-skilled doctors at Da Nang’s Cancer Hospital.  This will allow the hospital to give better treatment to cancer patients in the central region and highlands.

The leaders of Da Nang and Kanagawa Prefecture signing the Memorandum of Understanding

Chairman Chien also reported that direct flights between Da Nang and Japan’s Narita Airport began operating on 16 July.  He therefore asked Kanagawa to create even more favourable conditions for travellers from Viet Nam and Japan, and said that their tourism businesses should launch more package tours.  This will help to lift the bilateral cooperative ties to a new height.

In response, Mr Yuji said he hoped that the bilateral relationship with Da Nang will be further deepened in the years ahead.  In addition, he promised that his locality would focus on conducting medical research into its healthcare sector in order to create cheaper and safer services, and to make more breakthroughs in the field.

Also at the event, the leaders of the two localities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the bilateral cooperation between the city’s Cancer Hospital and the Kanagawa Cancer Centre, which is an affiliated facility of the Kanagawa Cancer Centre Hospital.  The agreement aims to increase exchanges of medical workers and to accelerate the development of medical science and technology. 

Under the agreement, the Da Nang Cancer Hospital will send some of its outstanding doctors, nurses and medical technicians to the Kanagawa Cancer Centre Hospital for refresher courses.  They are required to be currently involved in cancer prevention and treatment, have proficiency in either Japanese or English, and show aspirations to study in Japan.  During their stay at the Japanese hospital, the trainees must comply with its regulations.  For its part, the Cancer Centre Hospital will be responsible for ensuring the legal rights and obligations of the Vietnamese medical workers.

 

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