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Thai Binh Medical University receives Independence Order

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on November 14 presented the Independence Order, first class, to the Thai Binh Medical University at a ceremony celebrating its 45th founding anniversary.
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on November 14 presented the IndependenceOrder, first class, to the Thai Binh Medical University at aceremony celebrating its 45th founding anniversary.

Founded in 1968, the university provides higher education in medicineto graduates and postgraduates, as well as studies and applies advancedtechnologies to examinations, diagnosis and treatment.

Over the past 45 years, the university has trained 17,000 doctors andpharmacists, including 600 from Laos and Cambodia, contributing toproviding human resources in the health care sector for Vietnam andits two neighbouring countries.

The universitywas one of the first institutions to build a hospital in its campus. The200-bed facility helps treat more than 140,000 people each year.-VNA
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