International visitors who came to Ho Chi Minh City for health care make up 40 percent of the total number of foreign tourists to Vietnam for this purpose.
Hanoi (VNA) – International visitors who came to Ho ChiMinh City for health care make up 40 percent of the total number of foreigntourists to Vietnam for this purpose.
The southern metropolis has focused on high-quality dental and cosmetictreatment, traditional medicine and medical check-ups, among others.
Statistics reveal that last year, Vietnam welcomed 300,000 foreigners comingfor medical check-ups and 57,000 for inpatient treatment, earning the countrymore than 2 billion USD.
HCM City attracts this group of foreign visitors thanks to its application oftraditional and modern medicine in cosmetic treatment, as well as its strengthin dental and fertility treatment.
Being aware of foreign tourists’ increasing demand for medical services in thecity, travel companies such as Saigontourist and Fiditour have coordinated withlocal hospitals to organise medical tours.
According to Nguyen Duc Minh, Director of the HCMCity Odonto Maxillo Facial Hospital, the number of foreign and overseas Vietnamese patientsin the hospital increases about 10 percent each year. The hospital offers low-costbut quality services like those in other countries.
Also, the Tu Du Hospital iswell-known for its in-vitro fertilization with each case costing only about 100million VND (4,300 USD) as compared to 400-700 million VND charged by hospitalsin other regional countries.
Some major hospitals in the city have also opened international departments, luringcrowds of foreigners.
In 2018, the HCM CityMedical Tourism Guide with basic information about travel and health care inthe city was released in both Vietnamese and English.
In September 2019, the municipal Health Department launched a mobile applicationenabling locals and tourists to search for information about health facilitiesin the city.
Apart from promotion activities, HCM City has improved the quality of medicalservices and accommodations at health centres as well as foreign languageskills of local doctors, while cooperating with partners in this sphere./.
A workshop was held in Hanoi on August 20 to seek suitable measures for tourism operators and managers to promote development of Vietnam’s tourism sector in the context of new tourism development trends in the world.
Traditional medicine and acupuncture, dental care, cosmetic surgery, pathological screening, and artificial insemination will be improved to make them Ho Chi Minh City’s main medical tourism products in the coming years, a recent workshop heard.
The first and only direct service connecting the two countries at the moment is set to operate three times per week using the modern wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.
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The northern midland province of Phu Tho has carried out all-round measures to improve tourism infrastructure, services, and offerings, elevating visitor experience and reinforcing the province’s unique cultural identity.
Hanoi has directed lodging providers and tourist destinations to bolster preparations in staffing, service quality, security, and sanitation. Community-based lodging platforms such as Airbnb are also being promoted strongly to expand housing supply during the holiday period.
Illustrative image (Source: hanoimoi.com.vn) 
