Seminar to host Japan medical firms

Heavyweight Japanese medical equipment producers will attend the seminar

The seminar is one of the events marking the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan and ASEAN-Japan friendship and co-operation.

At the Vietnam-Japan Medical Collaboration seminar to be held on August 26, 2013, Japanese corporate giants including Fujifilm, Hitachi, Konica Minolta, Mitsubishi Electric, Nihon Kohden, Olympus and Toshib will introduce their medical equipment to the Vietnamese market.

The seminar will focus on introducing advanced medical treatments for cancer in Vietnam. Due to the country’s dramatic economic growth and increased population, the firms believe the number of patients with adult lifestyle-related diseases and cancer is increasing and Vietnam offers ample opportunity to provide advanced medical services.

Shuzo Yamamoto, president of Medical Excellence Japan, said Japan would assist Vietnam with Japanese standard treatment and was willing to introduce advanced Japanese medical technologies to medical suppliers and potential patients in Vietnam.

He said he believed this would contribute to the development of domestic medical standards and provide a chance to expand exchanges in medical sector between Vietnam and Japan.

“We will hold a seminar with medical professionals from Japan, especially those that specialise in cancer treatment. In the second part of the seminar, the participants will have a chance to speak to manufacturers that support advanced technologies,” he said.

“We strongly believe that this seminar will lead to development of business co-operation, the transfer of new technologies, sales of products and creation of product sales agency agreements,” added Yamamoto.