The stations will be built in Giap Dat and Tan Pheo communes, Da Bac district, each costing US$72,753.

A document to this effect was signed in Hanoi on March 2 by Hideo Suzuki, Minister-Counsellor of the Japanese embassy in Vietnam, and Nguyen Manh Hoa, Chairman of Da Bac district People’s Committee.

Suzuki expressed his belief that the projects will improve the quality of healthcare services in the two communes.

The two healthcare stations were built in 1990 and have already deteriorated.

The Japanese Government has agreed to assist Hoa Binh in building the new facilities. Each has two storeys and 10 rooms so people can access hygienic and safe healthcare services.  

The household poverty rate is over 30 percent in Giap Dat and Tan Pheo communes. More than 95 percent of the two communes’ population are ethnic minorities.