The aid, worth JPY1.83 billion (US$ 11.66 million), will be used by the hospital to buy devices such as PET/CT systems, MRI machines, CT scanners, X-ray machines and PACS image storage and transmission systems.
The number accounts for 21 per cent of the deaths caused by cancer in the country. The data was revealed by the Việt Nam National Cancer Hospital at a recent event named “Correct understanding of liver cancer”.