Vietnam, Australia Step up Cooperation on Digital Health

The 2023 International Conference on Digital Health is taking in Hanoi on November 8-9 as part of efforts to step up collaboration between Vietnam and Australia in health digital transformation, local media said.

The hybrid event is held by the Vietnam Military Civil Medicine Association, the Health Strategy and Policy Institute under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute at the Swinburne University of Technology of Australia.

It offers an opportunity for researchers and experts in the field of digital health and health care to share policies, strategies, initiatives, and experiences in applying digital technologies in the health sector.

Upon addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan affirmed that digital transformation represents the key task of the health sector, which needs prioritized resources to accelerate the application of information technology and digital transformation as a means of improving management and create favorable conditions for people to access medical services.

(Tin Tuc, VOV World, Bao Chinh Phu, Vietnam Plus, QDND, Suc Khoe Doi Song)