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