Celebrating 68th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day

On February 27, 1955, President Ho Chi Minh delivered a letter to a conference of medical staff, praising their considerable efforts in saving the lives of many people. Since then, February 27 has become the traditional day of the health sector, a day for all of society to express their respect and gratitude towards the “white coat” soldiers.

Additional measles - rubella vaccine shots are administered at schools in Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)

The Cardiovascular Centre at the Can Tho Central General Hospital successfully operates on and saves the life of a patient with three-vessel coronary artery disease and a rare blood type, by applying autologous blood transfusion techniques (November 2020). (Photo: VNA)

Health workers in Ho Bon commune, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province, guide people on how to protect themselves from disease during the changing seasons. (Photo: VNA)

Emergency transportation of a patient by helicopter from Truong Sa Island to Military Medical Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)

To quickly administer the COVID-19 vaccination programme nationwide to limit the spread of the pandemic, district-level health centres in Hanoi strengthen their efforts, especially for the 3rd and 4th doses (August 2022). (Photo: VNA)

Doctors at the Thu Duc District Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City successfully perform a coronary artery bypass on a 60-year-old patient, without using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (September 2020). This was one of the most advanced heart surgeries and normally only performed at large hospitals. (Photo: VNA)

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