Inauguration of Cho Ray Hospital - Phnom Penh

On the morning of January 13, in the capital Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attended the inauguration ceremony of Cho Ray - Phnom Penh Hospital, the first project of investment cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia in the health sector.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Prime Minister Hun Sen visited the Hospital.

The Cho Ray - Phnom Penh Hospital project started construction in May 2010, with a total investment of about 40 million USD in the first phase. The hospital has 200 beds, with all specialties meeting modern standards: internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency room, general examination and outpatient treatment area, diagnostic imaging, testing... In phase II, the project will invest in expanding by 300 more beds.

The operation of Cho Ray - Phnom Penh Hospital will contribute to reducing the burden on current hospitals in Cambodia, gradually meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of people, first of all in the capital Phnom Penh and neighboring areas. This is also an environment for Vietnamese and Cambodian doctors, professors and physicians to share experiences, exchange professional expertise, and update modern and advanced medical knowledge.

This is the success of the cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and the capital Phnom Penh with the goal of investing in a general hospital with full medical examination and treatment services, to best meet the needs of the Cambodian people in general and the people of the capital Phnom Penh in particular.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Prime Minister Hun Sen visited the hospital.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized that in recent years, economic and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia has developed rapidly. Many projects and investment works of Vietnamese enterprises have been completed and put into use, bringing practical results, contributing to the socio-economic development and improving the lives and social security of the Cambodian people.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung praised the leadership, staff, workers of Cho Ray - Phnom Penh Joint Venture Company Limited and the project participants for their efforts to complete the hospital soon and officially put it into operation; at the same time, he highly appreciated the close direction and active support of the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and the leaders of Phnom Penh capital during the project implementation process; praised the Association of Vietnamese Investors in Cambodia and the banks BIDV and BIDC for supporting the investor in preparing and implementing the project.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung believes that following the Cho Ray - Phnom Penh Hospital project, localities, businesses and major hospitals in Vietnam will continue to invest in more meaningful projects, contributing to solving the medical examination and treatment needs of the Cambodian people and strengthening the traditional friendship between the two countries.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hopes that the team of doctors and medical staff from Vietnam working here will become a bridge of friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia; in addition to doing a good job in medical examination and treatment, Vietnamese doctors will guide, share and support the improvement of skills of the medical staff of the host country.

For his part, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the achievements in economic, trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia in recent years and the success of the Cho Ray - Phnom Penh Hospital project have contributed to fostering the tradition and good friendly cooperation between the two countries and peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen believes that Cho Ray - Phnom Penh Hospital will do a good job in taking care of people's health and become a prestigious hospital in Cambodia in the near future; at the same time, it will be an environment for Vietnamese and Cambodian doctors, professors and physicians to share experiences and exchange medical expertise.

According to VNA