The Hanoi-based Institute of Medical Technology Application (IMT) and the Hung Vuong General Hospital in the northern province of Phu Tho on May 21 signed a cooperation agreement to improve the hospital’s capacity for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Vietnam assumed the role of the Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) during its 16th meeting in Jakarta on December 13.

The Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN convened its 6th session in Manila on April 26 in preparation for the 30th ASEAN Summit and related meetings slated for April 27-29.

The Lao Permanent Representative to ASEAN handed over the chairmanship of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) next year to his Philippine counterpart on December 1.

A national conference on anesthesia and resuscitation was opened in the central province of Binh Dinh on June 23.

The birth of the ASEAN Community at the end of this year is expected to bring a number of pragmatic benefits to member countries and their people, Vietnam’s Ambassador to ASEAN has said.