Saudi Arabia funnels money for health project in Bac Kan

The Saudi Fund for Development-funded medical training centre in northern Bac Kan province will start its first enrollment in 2014, aiming to provide sufficient health workers for rural and remote areas in the locality. The centre has a total investment capital of nearly 349 billion VND (17 million USD), with almost 14.5 million USD financed by the Saudi Fund for Development under a loan agreement on health and education projects between Vietnam and the North African country in November 2011. It will also provide further training for postgraduate and assist health research studies in service of healthcare development in Bac Kan and its neighbouring provinces. The centre is now under construction. It is expected to be completed and ready for its first 200-300 recruits next year.-VNA