La Vie International Hospital in Vientiane (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – La Vie International Hospital, a hospital for Vietna💙meseexpatriates 💃in Laos, was inaugurated in Vientiane on November 18.
The hospitalhas been licensed by the Lao Ministry of Health to provide medical services forVietnamese nationals residing, working, and studying in Laos, as well as forLao residents. The 50-bed facility has been designed to focus oncardiology and endocrinology. Speaking atthe inauguration ceremony, Deputy Governor of Vientiane Phukhong Bannavongsaid that the hospital’s operation is of great significance to the healthsector of Laos in particular and its economic development in general. The opening ofthe hospital shows the close bond between Laos and Vietnam that has beenstrengthened over the past decades, he said. VietnameseAmbassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung said that the coming into being of the hospital holds a very important significance to the healthcare sector of Vientiane and the Vietnamese community there. The hospital has signed a cooperation deal with the Association for Liaison withOverseas Vietnamese (ALOV) and the Hanoi Medical University Hospital to providemedical services for the Vietnamese community in Laos, and Lao people in need ofmedical examination and treatment. According toAssoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Lan Hieu, director of the Hanoi Medical UniversityHospital, the new hospital is a leading cardiovascular facilitywith a modern angiography system that supports in-depth diagnostics ofcardiovascular diseases as well as many other vascular diseases to save thelives of patients suffering from myocardial infarction and stroke. He pledged toprovide maximum professional support to the hospital in performing itsoperation./.
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La Vie International Hospital in Vientiane (Photo: VNA) 
