(VOVworld) – President Truong Tan Sang says the health sector is now tasked with further development to match national growth and technological advances. President Sang was speaking at a conference to review 25^th years of the expanded immunization program in Hanoi on Wednesday:“The 11^th National Party Congress set the task of stronger development of the health sector and improvement of people’s healthcare with priority given to prevention. Poor preventive healthcare will result in outbreaks of epidemics, which affects people’s health and costs money from individuals, families and society. That’s why preventive healthcare is of great socio-economic significance.”

President Sang called on the health sector to intensify scientific research, plan to produce vaccines for domestic consumption and exports and improve the quality of preventive health workers, meeting new requirements of national construction and defence.