EU-funded programme helps improve Vietnam’s health sector
A budget support programme for Vietnam’s health sector funded by the European Union (EU) was reviewed in a ceremony held by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi on May 8.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien highlighted the significant outcomes of the programme, saying that it has made important contributions to completing sustainable development goals in Vietnam, promoting universal health insurance, and bettering the capacity to ensure health service quality at all levels.
It also helps Vietnam built action policies of the health sector for the 2016-2020 period, he said and asked the EU to continue supporting the health sector of Vietnam in the third phase of the project.
