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Pasteur Institute receives Labour Hero title

The Pasteur Institute in HCM City was awarded the Labour Hero of the Renewal Era title on June 28 for its contributions to public health.
The Pasteur Institute in HCM City was awarded the Labour Hero of theRenewal Era title on June 28 for its contributions to public health.

Addressing the ceremony, State President Truong TanSang spoke highly of the institute’s outstanding contributions topreventive health in Vietnam.

The President saidthe institute successfully conducted vital research and appliedtechnological breakthroughs and bio-technology in order to preventdiseases, attend to the public’s health, and build a network of epidemicprevention centres throughout the Southern provinces and cities.

He continued that the institute shared its expertise and cooperatedwith the preventive health sector and hospitals to successfully preventthe outbreak of various dangerous diseases.

Theinstitute also helped deliver training to health professionals inVietnam and established sound working relationships with a number ofinternational research centres and organisations, he said.

President Sang also highlighted that pollution and climate changewere causing a number of dangerous diseases to emerge the world over,requiring the institute and HCM City’s health sector to step up theirefforts to serve the public.

The PasteurInstitute is the successor of the Indochina Pasteur Institute, which wasestablished in 1891 by Doctor Albert Calmette.-VNA
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