A ceremony was held in the centralprovince of Khanh Hoa in Mar. 1 to commemorate the 67 th deathanniversary of Alexandre Yersin, a French scientist, who spent almost50 years of his life working in the province.
Alexandre Yersin was a physician and bacteriologist. Along withShibasaburo Kitasato he is remembered as the co-discoverer of thebacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was laterre-named in his honour (Yersinia pestis).
Yersin was the founder of the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute and theveterinary sector of Vietnam and was one of the founders of the firstmedical school in Vietnam and Indochina . He was also the person whointroduced rubber trees and Cinchona ledgeriana, a medicinal tree, toVietnam .
Khanh Hoa has set up a Yersin Fans Association and named a local junior high school and a laboratory after him in his memory.
The association has almost 1,000 members after 16 years of operation.They engage in humanitarian activities to help the poor anddisadvantaged people in mountainous and isolated areas./.
Alexandre Yersin was a physician and bacteriologist. Along withShibasaburo Kitasato he is remembered as the co-discoverer of thebacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was laterre-named in his honour (Yersinia pestis).
Yersin was the founder of the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute and theveterinary sector of Vietnam and was one of the founders of the firstmedical school in Vietnam and Indochina . He was also the person whointroduced rubber trees and Cinchona ledgeriana, a medicinal tree, toVietnam .
Khanh Hoa has set up a Yersin Fans Association and named a local junior high school and a laboratory after him in his memory.
The association has almost 1,000 members after 16 years of operation.They engage in humanitarian activities to help the poor anddisadvantaged people in mountainous and isolated areas./.
