The Health Department of Lang Son Province continues to strengthen international partnerships to boost the quality of human resources in the medical sector. This strategic step was taken to meet the rapidly growing integration needs of healthcare services, focusing on continuous training and professional development.
Currently, the province's health sector is supported by more than 2,500 medical staff, including 675 doctors, 759 nurses, and 160 pharmacists. In an effort to optimize their capacity, cross-border medical cooperation with the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, has become one of the flagship programs. Since 2024, as many as 48 medical staff have been sent to China to study various fields of modern medicine, including artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, epidemiology, and hospital management.
The Provincial Traditional Medicine Hospital has been one of the active units utilizing this program, sending 15 staff over the last three years. The hospital's director, Bui Thi Man, explained that the Guangxi region has a comparative advantage in the development of herbal gardens and the integration of traditional medicine with medical rehabilitation. Through this program, staff can absorb model herbal garden management techniques and the development of more effective medicine formulas to be applied in their home regions.
In addition to traditional medicine, the field of medical rehabilitation has also felt a significant impact from this cooperation. The Provincial Rehabilitation Hospital periodically sends its medical staff abroad to adopt the latest recovery methods for post-stroke, injury, and post-surgery patients. Dr. Hoang Quyet Thang, Head of the Physical and Occupational Therapy Department, shared his experience undergoing training at Jiangxin Hospital, Guangxi. He successfully adopted modern management systems and multidisciplinary approaches that now help accelerate personalized patient recovery.
Digital transformation has also begun to be implemented at the Provincial General Hospital after its head of nursing, Nguyen Thi Lieu, attended artificial intelligence training in China in mid-2026. The results of this training were implemented in the form of medical record digitization and automated early warning systems. This innovative step has proven successful in increasing patient safety and the work efficiency of nurses in the field.
The success of this capacity-building program directly contributed to a surge in the quality of healthcare services in Lang Son Province. In 2025, outpatient visits are projected to exceed 1.2 million, surpassing the set target. The local health sector is committed to continuing to evaluate and proceed with this international training program to make knowledge transfer the main driving force for public healthcare services.
