Vietnam has marked a new imprint in the world medical map with the successful performance of the world’s first limb transplant from a live donor by doctors of the Central Military Hospital 108.
The Hanoi-based Military Central Hospital 108 has become the first medical facility in Vietnam and Southeast Asia to successfully perform a double forearm transplant.
The Swiss Vietnamese Medical Association (HELVIETMED) announced that three Vietnamese scientists have won the Alexandre Yersin Prize for outstanding medical publications, according to the Swiss Consulate General in HCM City.
The “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” title was bestowed upon the Hanoi-based Military Central Hospital 108, one of the five special nationwide hospitals, for a second time on December 17.
Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Do Muoi passed away at 23:12 on October 1 at the Military Central Hospital 108 due to serious illness.
Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Do Muoi passed away at 23:12 on October 1 at the Military Central Hospital 108 due to serious illness, according to the Board of Healthcare Services for Senior Officials.
President Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05 on September 21 in Hanoi at the age of 62, due to serious illness. Right before his death, the President had a busy week.
Before becoming the President in April 2016, General Tran Dai Quang had worked in the public security sector for years and served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on September 24 sent a notice to ministries, people’s committees of cities and provinces, and other state bodies nationwide requesting the cancellation of entertainment activities in memory of late President Tran Dai Quang.
The Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Week 2018, as well as a festival to explore the terraced fields of Mu Cang Chai district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, will be suspended due to President Tran Dai Quang’s sudden passing.
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi.
The Military Central Hospital 108 was granted the Fatherland Defence Order (first class) for its prominent performance over the past six and a half decades on April 1.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen
Thien Nhan has congratulated the Military Central Hospital 108, Viet Duc
Hospital, Health Ministry and Military Medical Department in Hanoi on
the 60th anniversary of Vietnam Doctor’s Day (February 27).
Dr Nguyen The Hoang from the Hanoi-based Military Central Hospital 108
has become the first Vietnamese to receive the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.
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