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Chinese medical tourists flocking to Southeast Asia

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09-Jul-18 The number of Chinese couples visiting Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries for fertility treatment has been rising since 2016, when the Beijing government relaxed the country's one-child policy. 27,000 Chinese tourists visited Thailand for medical purposes in 2016. [image: Bangkok Post]

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Vietnam has roadmap to upgrade and modernise healthcare

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06-Jul-18 To enhance clinical laboratory practice in Vietnam, Roche Diagnostics together with leading industry associations, government-linked bodies developed an educational Lean Six Sigma program designed a system to improve and address the needs and challenges of these labs in Vietnam. [image: Steffen Schmidt / AP / Fortune]

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Temasek invests USD50 mn in TPG Growth's Asia healthcare platform

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05-Jul-18 US private equity company Asia Healthcare Holdings has raised USD50 mn from Singapore's Temasek Holdings. Asia Healthcare has made two investments: Rhea Healthcare, which runs a hospital chain under the Motherhood brand, and Cancer Treatment Services International. [image: Business Standard]

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How Southeast Asia became a blockchain hub

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05-Jul-18 A mix of social and economic factors have combined to make Southeast Asia a rapidly developing blockchain technology hub, including the region’s under-subscription to its banking network, with only 27% of the 655 million population holding a bank account. [image: iStock / Asia Times]

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