Luxembourg Grants EUR2M to Vietnam to Improve Surgical Capacity

The Luxembourg government will grant EUR2 million to a project worth EUR2.3 million to improve surgical capacity to manage tuberculosis-related and other pulmonary diseases in Vietnam. The project aims to advance the country’s surgical system capacity in a bid to meet increasing demand for lung cancer treatment and to support the national tuberculosis and pulmonary prevention and treatment program through 2020. The initiative is scheduled to be implemented from 2015 to 2018 and supervised by the Ministry of Health (MOH). (Giao Thong – Giao Thong Mar 11 p2)