Delegates attending the French-Vietnamese Medical Conference.

At the French-Vietnamese Medical Conference, Nguyen Thuy Anh, president of the Vietnam-France Friendship and Cooperation Association said the year 2023 has special significance for the two countries.

The two countries together celebrated 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations and 10 years of strategic partnership.

Those 50 years proved the uniqueness of a relationship between two peoples that overcame the ups and downs of history to move towards the future, on the basis of friendship and cooperation, to become special partners to each other.

During those challenging periods of history, it was the first exchanges on health that sowed the seeds of solidarity and attachment between the two countries' people.

There are many projects to train, exchange experts and medical equipment, including internship programs, university/inter-university degrees, support for establishing centers, and French University Hospital (CHU) in Hanoi.

They not only contribute to modernizing Vietnam's healthcare system but also enable knowledge transfer and training of a team of competent Vietnamese doctors.

Specifically, about 3,000 Vietnamese interns and doctors were trained within the framework of cooperative projects, many of whom have become outstanding experts in their fields, holding leadership positions of hospitals, medical schools, and medical faculties.

Nguyen Thuy Anh, president of the Vietnam-France Friendship and Cooperation Association spoke at the opening of the French-Vietnamese Medical Conference.

"The French-Vietnamese Medical Conference is an event to exchange experiences and ideas, share good practices and especially innovations in the field of health care, opening up prospects for cooperation between the two countries," Nguyen Thuy Anh said.

Assessing the results of medical cooperation between France and Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong said that the French Republic trained many generations of doctors and medical staff for Vietnam. Medical cooperation programs helped Vietnam train more than 3,000 doctors.

There are postgraduate training programs taught by French and Vietnamese professors and doctors at different medical and pharmaceutical universities in some provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, and Hai Phong.

They trained more than 1,500 Vietnamese doctors with the participation of hundreds of lecturers from the French Republic.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong spoke at the conference.

Many doctors trained in France after returning home have become good professors, doctors, and leading medical experts.

Many of them are key leaders of Vietnam's healthcare industry. Every year, dozens of French doctors and hundreds of French students come to work, and practice at Vietnamese universities, hospitals, and medical facilities.

In the field of preventive medicine and public health, the two sides had much cooperation in disease prevention.

Pasteur Network effectively supported Vietnam in preventing, and combating dangerous epidemics and emerging infectious diseases, including the Covid-19 pandemic.

This support is extremely meaningful and is a source of great spiritual and material encouragement for the Government and people of Vietnam during the difficult period of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Lien Huong proposed that the two sides continue to jointly research, and develop programs and agreements to lay the foundation for the development and cooperation in health between the two countries in the new period.

Nguyen Huu Tu, rector of Hanoi Medical University, said that the French-Vietnamese Medical Conference is a great opportunity for Vietnamese and French colleagues to share and update the latest scientific information and training, experiences in medical management, examination and treatment.

It is also a meaningful reunion that strengthens the relations between French and Vietnamese teachers and students over many generations, contributing to cultivating the friendship of the two countries.

Nguyen Huu Tu, rector of Hanoi Medical University at the event.

At the conference, leading doctors and medical experts from France and Vietnam shared knowledge and exchanged experiences in several fields such as obstetrics and gynecology, oncology-pediatrics, mental health, internal and external surgery, and medical systems.

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