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Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam marks 50th founding anniversary

The Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV) on November 16 organised a ceremony to mark its 50th founding anniversary.
Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam marks 50th founding anniversary ảnh 1At the celebration to mark 50th founding anniversary of the Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV) onNovember 16 organised a ceremony to mark its 50th foundinganniversary.

At the event, Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations(VUFO) and deputy head of the VUFO’s Committee on Foreign NGO Affairs Don TuanPhong highlighted the fact that the MCNV is the first foreign non-governmentalorganisation to operate in Vietnam when the country was struggling to gainindependence, supplying the country with medical equipment, medicine andmedical experts.

The committee’s assistance to Vietnam has continued until today, with a focuson poverty alleviation and sustainable development in the past ten years, he said.

For his part, Pieter van den Bergh, representative from the MCNV’s advisoryboard, said that the committee has carried out a line-up of projects to supportthe poor, ethnic minority groups and women with HIV/AIDS. Since 2017, it has expandedthe scope of work to climate change adaptation and development of businessesand value chains.

He added that the MCNV has been active in 14 cities and provinces across thecountry.

With such significant contributions, the committee is to date the first-ever internationalorganisation to be conferred with four Friendship Orders by the VietnamesePresident. The orders were presented to the MCNV in 1977, 1993, 2004 and 2018.

At the celebration, the committee organised a conference revolving onsustainable development in the new context, drawing the participation ofrepresentatives from the United Nations as well as Vietnamese experts.

The Medical CommitteeNetherlands-Vietnam was founded by a group of Dutch medical doctors, namely ProfessorJaap de Haas, Dr. Nick van Rhijn and Dr. Fred Groening founded. They wereindignant about the Americans’ technological warfare in Vietnam and distressedby the suffering of the Vietnamese people. MCNV’s goal was to offer large-scalemedical help to the worst hit areas in Vietnam.

In 1973, MCNV had 67,000 donors, who had already donated a good 4 million euros. The aid initiallyconsisted of sending medical supplies andmedicines. After the Vietnam war ended in 1975, relief aid was provided for a few more years.

In 1973, under the leadership of Nick van Rhijn, MCNV made the first plan for donating a hospital to QunagTri, the province hardest hit by thewar. With the support of Dutch donors, the Minister for Developing Countries Jan Pronk and all the Dutchuniversities, building could begin in 1974. In 1977, the Holland Hospital in Dong Ha was officiallyopened.

Postwar notable contributions of the committee were its efforts to fighttuberculosis in 1983 and malaria in 1987.

Currently, the committee is working with the Handicap International to carryout a project to help Vietnam build quality human resources for health care andrehabilitation.-VNA
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