Vietnam PM OKs Healthcare Network Plan 2021-2030, with Vision toward 2050
On February 27, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh issued Decision 201 approving the healthcare network plan for the 2021 – 2030 period, with a vision towards 2050, local media reported.
The plan sets ambitious targets to achieve 33 hospital beds per 10,000 people; 15 doctors per 10,000 people; 3.4 pharmacists per 10,000 people; and 25 nurses per 10,000 people by 2025.
By 2030, the goals are to reach 35 hospital beds per 10,000 people; 19 doctors per 10,000 people; four pharmacists per 10,000 people; 33 nurses per 10,000 people; and to have private hospital beds accounting for 15% of the total number of hospital beds.
Looking ahead to 2050, the vision is to establish several internationally competitive modern healthcare facilities and to develop the domestic pharmaceutical industry into a center for high-value drug production. The objectives include achieving 45 hospital beds per 10,000 people; 35 doctors per 10,000 people; 4.5 pharmacists per 10,000 people; 90 nurses per 10,000 people; and to have private hospital beds accounting for 25% of the total number of hospital beds.