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PM applauds 120-year achievements of Hanoi Medical University

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony marking the 120th anniversary of the Hanoi Medical University (HMU) and the 40th Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20) on November 16.
PM applauds 120-year achievements of Hanoi Medical University ảnh 1PM Pham Minh Chinh (centre) greets incumbent and former health officials at the Hanoi Medical University on November 16. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony marking the 120th anniversary ofthe Hanoi Medical University (HMU) and the 40th Vietnamese Teachers’Day (November 20) on November 16.

Reviewing the school’s history,Chairman of the HMU Council Prof. Dr. Ta Thanh Van said since its inception in1902 under the name Indochina Medical College, the HMU has made unceasingefforts to reach new peaks in healthcare manpower training, science -technology application, and provision of senior experts for the health sector.

In his speech, PM Chinh saidlecturers of the HMU hold noble missions of both physicians and teachers, whichis a pride and also a heavy responsibility. With its long tradition, the HMU has establisheditself as a leading university in training and creating momentum forhigh-quality healthcare manpower.

The school trained the persons whofounded modern medical branches of Vietnam, including clinical medicine,grassroots medicine, and preventive medicine. It also served as the nucleus forthe establishment of many medical and pharmacy universities nationwide such as theuniversities of medicine and pharmacy in Hai Phong, Thai Binh, and Ho Chi MinhCity, he noted.

PM applauds 120-year achievements of Hanoi Medical University ảnh 2PM Pham Minh Chinh addresses the ceremony at the Hanoi Medical University on November 16. (Photo: VNA)
On behalf of Party and State leaders,he offered best wishes to generations of HMU leaders, staff, and students whilecongratulating the school on its remarkable achievements over the last 120years.

The Government leader asked teachersand students to show stronger determination, greater efforts, and more drasticand effective actions to turn the HMU into a leading centre of medical trainingand studies in Vietnam and the region that provides training for both domesticand international students, applies national and regional-level scientific andtechnological advances, and serves Vietnamese people as well as foreigners.

On this occasion, PM Chinh alsothanked the World Health Organisation (WHO), foreign embassies and consulategenerals, and international friends for joining hands with Vietnam in theCOVID-19 pandemic combat to create conditions for socio-economic recovery anddevelopment./.
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