Responsibilities of the Department of Military Medicine in International Cooperation in the Field of Military Medicine According to Current Regulations
How many international cooperation activities are there in the field of military medicine?
Based on Article 4 of Circular 37/2023/TT-BQP, the provisions are as follows:
Cooperation Activities
1. Training, fostering, and professional skill training for military medical staff.
2. Researching, manufacturing, producing, and utilizing medical equipment and products.
3. Sharing information, research, technology transfer, and application of science and technology in the medical field.
4. Enhancing the capacity of the military medical sector in humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, natural disaster prevention, and epidemic control.
5. Participating in UN peacekeeping operations.
6. Medical examination and treatment between Vietnamese military medicine and other countries.
7. Other cooperation activities in the field of military medicine as regulated by law.
Thus, there are 7 international cooperation activities in the field of military medicine as per the above regulations.
What are the responsibilities of the Military Medicine Department in international cooperation in the field of military medicine according to current regulations? (Image from the Internet)
How many types of international cooperation in the field of military medicine from August 1, 2023, according to the latest regulations?
On June 13, 2023, the Ministry of National Defense issued Circular 37/2023/TT-BQP regulating international cooperation in the field of military medicine.
Article 5 of Circular 37/2023/TT-BQP outlines the forms of cooperation as follows:
Forms of Cooperation
1. Organizing military medical delegations to work abroad: Visits and work with military and civil medicine of other countries and international organizations abroad; sending experts and interns; short-term and long-term training.
2. Receiving military and civil medicine delegations from other countries and international organizations: Visits and work with Vietnamese military medicine; inviting and receiving experts and interns; short-term and long-term training.
3. Organizing and participating in international conferences and seminars in Vietnam; attending international conferences and seminars abroad.
4. Participating in the signing of international cooperation documents in the field of military medicine.
5. Joint training, observation, and exercises.
6. Exchanges and twinning with military medical units and military or civil hospitals of other countries and international organizations.
7. Exchanging, receiving, and awarding medals, badges, and other physical rewards.
8. Supporting, providing aid; receiving support and aid in the field of medicine.
9. Exchanging cooperation contents with military and civil medicine of other countries and international organizations via phone, email, or other forms as regulated by law.
10. Participating in humanitarian medical examination and treatment with military and civil medicine of other countries abroad; inviting military and civil medicine of other countries for humanitarian medical examination and treatment in Vietnam.
11. Organizing training and sending Vietnamese military medicine personnel to participate in UN peacekeeping operations.
12. Organizing medical examination and treatment in Vietnam for foreigners under signed cooperation agreements.
13. Deploying joint military and civil health clinics.
14. Cooperation, research, manufacture, and application of products in the field of military medicine.
15. Technology transfer and clinical trials.
16. Other forms of cooperation in the field of military medicine as regulated by law.
Thus, there are a total of 16 types of international cooperation in the field of military medicine as cited above.
What responsibilities does the Military Medicine Department have in international cooperation in the field of military medicine?
Based on Article 7 of Circular 37/2023/TT-BQP, the provisions are as follows:
Responsibilities of the Military Medicine Department
1. Preside over and advise the competent authorities on managing international cooperation contents in the field of military medicine.
2. Preside over and advise, propose the competent authorities to develop legal normative documents, international treaties, and international agreements in the field of military medicine.
3. Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to advise on the formation of outbound delegations following the cooperation contents and forms stipulated in this Circular, report to the competent authorities for consideration and decision.
4. Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to propose work contents with the military and civil medicine of other countries.
5. Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to propose and report to the competent authorities on inviting delegations of military and civil medicine of other countries to visit and work in Vietnam; organize events, workshops, conferences, training, and exercises in Vietnam.
6. Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to develop projects and international cooperation schemes on research, manufacture, and application of products in the field of military medicine.
7. Carry out other international cooperation activities in the field of military medicine as per authority.
The responsibilities of the Military Medicine Department in international cooperation in the field of military medicine are as follows:
- Preside over and advise the competent authorities on managing international cooperation contents in the field of military medicine.
- Preside over and advise, propose the competent authorities to develop legal normative documents, international treaties, and international agreements in the field of military medicine.
- Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to advise on the formation of outbound delegations following the cooperation contents and forms stipulated in this Circular, report to the competent authorities for consideration and decision.
- Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to propose work contents with the military and civil medicine of other countries.
- Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to propose and report to the competent authorities on inviting delegations of military and civil medicine of other countries to visit and work in Vietnam; organize events, workshops, conferences, training, and exercises in Vietnam.
- Preside over or cooperate with relevant agencies and units to develop projects and international cooperation schemes on research, manufacture, and application of products in the field of military medicine.
- Carry out other international cooperation activities in the field of military medicine as per authority.
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