(VOVworld)-119 outstanding individuals and groups have been presented with the Dang Van Ngu Awards, a distinctive honor to Vietnamese health workers. Addressing the awards ceremony on Monday, State President Tran Dai Quang stressed Vietnam’s policy of attaching special importance to the health service.  “The health sector should promptly detect emerging epidemics to develop appropriate countermeasures. Preventive medicine plays a key role in this endeavor”, President Quang said.

President Tran Dai Quang meets outstanding health workers in Hanoi

Named after a famous Vietnamese doctor and researcher in the 20^th century, the Dang Van Ngu Awards are presented every 2 years to brilliant health workers in preventive medicine.