Principles for awarding the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award for traditional medicine and pharmacy in Vietnam

Principles for awarding the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award for traditional medicine and pharmacy in Vietnam (Illustrative image)

According to Circular 16/2020/TT-BYT, the principles for awarding the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award for traditional medicine and pharmacy in Vietnam are stipulated as follows:

- The Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award is awarded once to the subjects who meet the standards as prescribed in this Circular, no posthumous award consideration.

- The consideration for awarding the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award must ensure the following principles:

+ Correct identification of subjects, adhering to the standards, sequence, and procedures prescribed in Circular 16/2020/TT-BYT;

+ Accuracy, transparency, democracy, secret ballot voting, and majority decision-making;

+ Gender equality in the award consideration process;

+ Prioritizing individuals who are direct workers and those who have many innovations in labor and work; achievements made under difficult conditions and with a large impact scope.

- Not to propose consideration for the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award for subjects currently undergoing disciplinary action from the warning level upwards; subject to administrative sanctions for professional or technical violations within 2 years from the time of award consideration proposal or violations of medical ethics; currently undergoing criminal investigation.

- Individuals proposed for award consideration participating in multiple fields of work will be given priority for selection in the field that meets specific standards, and will be recognized in that field of work.

The Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award is considered once every 2 years, in even years, and announced on the death anniversary of the great physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac (the full moon of the first lunar month).

The Minister of Health of Vietnam has the authority to award the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award based on the recommendation of the Ministry of Health's Award Consideration Council.

Specifically, individuals awarded the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award will receive:

- The Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award Certificate from the Minister of Health of Vietnam (Appendix 01 - Form No. 01);- The badge of the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award (Appendix 02 - Form No. 01);- Name inscription in the Golden Book of the Hai Thuong Lan Ong Award managed by the Ministry of Health;- Money or in-kind rewards (if any).

Details can be found at Circular 16/2020/TT-BYT, which comes into force in Vietnam from December 12, 2020.

Thuy Tram

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