The first ASEAN Chiefs of Military Medicine Conference (ACMMC-1) will be held in Hanoi from May 26-29.
The conference, initiated by Vietnam, will draw the participation of military medicine representatives and military attaches from 10 ASEAN members – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Entitled “ASEAN military medicine cooperation towards the future”, the ACMMC will focus on discussing a mechanism for cooperation among ASEAN medical military staff, the exchange of experience and expertise and the establishment of an information channel for the purpose.

The conference aims to seek opportunities for boosting ASEAN military medicine cooperation in raising people’s health, tackling environmental problems, humanitarian activities and disaster relief./.