President Ho Chi Minh attaches significance to Vietnam’s health sector

When living, President Ho Chi Minh always attaches significance to building a strong health sector with its core being physicians.

President Ho Chi Minh speaks to doctor Tran Huu Tuoc (left), founder and dedicator of Vietnam’s Otolaryngology, March 1964 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh speaks to doctor Tran Huu Tuoc (left), founder and dedicator of Vietnam’s Otolaryngology, March 1964 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh speaks to doctor Tran Huu Tuoc (left), founder and dedicator of Vietnam’s Otolaryngology, March 1964 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh speaks to Professor Dang Van Ngu (central) as part of his visit to Medical University (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Nam Dinh municipal hospital (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Hai Phong naval hospital, May 1957 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Hanoi Medical University’s laboratory (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh talks to lecturers and students of Hanoi Medical University, January 14, 1955 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits National Institute Of Ophthalmology (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Bach Mai hospital (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Hai Phong city’s Military Hospital, May 1957 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Hai Phong city’s Military Hospital, May 1957 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Vietnam Germany Hospital in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits Bach Mai hospital (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh talks health workers (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh and military medicine doctors, 1954 (Photo: VNA)

When visiting Van Dinh clinic in Ha Tay province (now Hanoi), President Ho Chi Minh stresses the importance of morality in daily practices of health officers, April 20, 1963 (Photo: VNA)

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