Japan Group Brings Hope for Vietnam Cancer Patients

Japan’s Grandsoul Nara group will transfer the new cellular immunotherapy technology for the Hanoi Medical University (HMU), bringing a hope for Vietnamese cancer patients. An agreement on the transfer was signed between the two sides in Osaka of Japan on Nov 24. Addressing the signing ceremony, Tran Duc Binh, Consul General of Vietnam’s Consulate General in Osaka, said the collaboration would help improve the quality of healthcare service in Vietnam. He also expressed his hope that more collaboration agreements in the healthcare sector would be signed between the two countries. In Vietnam, at least 150,000 new diagnoses of cancer are made each year, and 75,000 people who have cancer die annually. (VietnamPlus Nov 26)