Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap, Director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Eye Hospital, has been honoured with the 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award.
National Assembly deputies highlighted the need to clearly define the scale and tasks as well as create a legal foundation to ensure the efficiency of the operation and develop the family doctor model during the discussion of the draft amended Law on Medical Examination and Treatment on June 13.
After over 20 years of living in Vietnam, Mark Rapoport, an American doctor, has fallen in love with the Vietnamese ethnic minority cultures. His passion has resulted in the collection of 10,000 utensils from Vietnamese ethnic minority groups. On May 17, 2022, he donated 500 objects from his collection to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.
From the first artifacts obtained by accident, Mark Rapoport has collected 10,000 cultural items from Vietnamese ethnic groups and provided a helping hand to many in doing so. Doctor Rapoport shared that he is willing to share the artifacts with museums to spread awareness of Vietnamese values.
Labour Hero, People's Teacher, Professor and Doctor Vo Tong Xuan - Honorary Rector of Nam Can Tho University was bestowed “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” by the Japanese government for his contributions to promoting agricultural cooperation between Vietnam and Japan, at a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 13.
During the difficult times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, medical forces working in the intensive care sector in the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho city worked day and night to save patients’ lives. Their dedication and sacrifice won the admiration of many.
Twenty doctor and nurse couples taking part in the fight against COVID-19 have tied the knot at a group wedding held by Military Medical Hospital No 175 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Staff members of Vietnam's third level-two field hospital at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have recently assisted doctors at a hospital run by the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders in conducting a successful caesarean section for a mother with severe kyphosis.
Leaving behind their families, female medical workers from Hue Central Hospital in central Thua Thien-Hue province have made significant contributions to Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19.
Lam Kin Chung, President of Zhang Yang Group Holdings Ltd Hong Kong (China), was awarded the Honorary Doctor Degree by the Hanoi University during a ceremony held at the Consulate General of Vietnam in Hong Kong on July 30.
A series of online conferences themed “Overseas Vietnamese join hands in overcoming the pandemic” will be launched on July 31 by a Vietnamese Italian expert team led by Doctor Karen Kieu Nguyen.
Nguyen Kim Anh, a young female Vietnamese PhD holder of the Institute of Geography under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, has just won the “The most downloaded paper award 2021” award from The Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (PEPS), a journal of the Japan Geoscience Union.
A doctor of the Military Hospital 105 has tested positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19, the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control confirmed on May 6.
“Vietnam defeats COVID, ends Tuberculosis” is the main theme set by the National Programme against Tuberculosis (TB) in response to the World TB Day 2021 (March 24).
A video clip comprising a series of paintings by children on doctors, who are called intimately as white blouse warriors during the COVID-19 fight, has been published recently by the Ministry of Health.
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on February 26 to present the title of "People’s Doctor" to five lecturers of the Hanoi Medical University on the occasion of the Vietnam Doctors’ Day (February 27).
Vo Van Rang has restored millions of old books in his shop in Ho Chi Minh City for 40 years. He is now the only person restoring books in the city and is called the “doctor” for old books by his customers.
The tropical northern Vietnam has always been a strange attraction for the French who love discovery and conquest. And, Charles-Édouard Hocquard is no exception.
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