Vinmec injects in public health care

Vingroup, a leading domestic real estate developer, last week received the congratulatory flowers from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as the firm inaugurated the country’s largest private hospital in Hanoi.
Vinmec International General Hospital has been built in a record 10 months while other private-invested ones remain delayed.

The $100 million Vinmec International General Hospital will ease pressure on the overloaded health system and offer high-quality healthcare services for locals and foreigners.

Vinmec is located on a 2.5 hectare campus nearby Vingroup’s Times City Urban Complex, comprising two basements, seven ground floors with 600 patient beds. It is six-fold bigger than the French Hospital of Hanoi.

The hospital has 19 departments with 31 intensive high-tech units and offers single patient rooms, including 25 VIP rooms and two president suites, furnished to five-star standards. The recorded construction time surprised Hanoi People’s Committee chairman Nguyen The Thao as many private hospital projects have been delayed for years.

The projects include the $50 million International American Hospital, licenced in 1997 and the $198 million Kwang Myung Hospital, which is now transferred to domestic Intraco Corporation.

“The development of Vinmec is not simply an investment, it plays a profound social role, represents a practical action in implementing the policy of the Party and state in the socialisation of public health care and helps improve social welfare and development of the heath care industry in Vietnam,” Le Khac Hiep, deputy chairman of Vingroup, said.

Hiep said Vingroup is determined to develop Vinmec to be the top international hospital in Vietnam and South East Asia. Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said Vinmec was a milestone for encouraging other private investors to enter the healthcare sector.