Scene at the ceremony unveiling a statue of Marie Curie at the Hanoi-based Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi-based Vietnam NationalCancer Hospital unveiled a statue of Marie Curie on August 9 to honour thescientist’s contributions to science and to cancer treatment.
This was part of activities marking 45 years of the Vietnam– France relations and 25 years of the signing of a health cooperationagreement between the two governments.
Speaking at a ceremony, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tienstressed health is a pillar in collaboration between Vietnam and France.
According to her, France has help trained more than 4,500Vietnamese doctors. The two countries health bodies signed a letter of intenton a series of activities, including human resources training for Vietnam,communicable disease prevention, communal health, and preventive healthcare.The pact also covered the building of policy and legal framework for bloodtransfusion and organ implant in Vietnam.
The 2,400-bed hospital is a leading facility in its field, currentlyoperating three modern branches. It was originated from the Institut Curie deL'Indochine (Curie Institute of Indochina), which was established by a Frenchscientist in Hanoi on October 19, 1923. From France, Marie Curie, who conductedpioneering research on radioactivity and obtained two Nobel prizes in physicsand mathematics, provided her support to the establishment since its earlydays.
Vietnam is estimated to see 126,000 new cases of cancer eachyear, with the number of related deaths amounting to some 94,000 annually.-VNA
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