Address:

No 1 Ton That Tung, DongDa,Hanoi, Vietnam

Tel:+84 4 38523798

Fax:+84 4 38525115

Email:daihocyhn@hmu.edu.vn

MISSION:

Hanoi Medical University, one of the leading universities in Vietnam with a history of more than one hundred years, strives continuously to improve human health by reaching excellence in health worker training, in science and technology, and in providing senior experts for the health sector.

VISION:

In the future, Hanoi Medical University will be widely recognized as a multi-disciplinary, multi-level health university that will play an important role in training highly competent, dedicated health personnel, who are able to meet the health care demands of society wherever and whenever needed.

CORE VALUAS: 

·         Tradition: Lecturers, staff, students, and learners take pride in Hanoi Medical University and are responsible for the promotion of its traditions.

·         Function: Lecturers are honored to serve as role models through the fulfillment of two noble functions highly regarded by society: Teacher and Physician.

·         Professionalism: The staff is proud to contribute to the training of exemplary and talented health professionals, to scientific research, to technology transfer and to the care of our people's health.

·         Inspiration: To study and train at a renowned medical university is the inspiration for students to strive continuously for excellence and realize their potential for long-term and sustainable development.

Honored and proud to be working and studying at Hanoi Medical University, generations of teachers, students and employees have contributed to improving the University's role as recognized by the Party, the State and the People.  

Nearly one century ago, in 1902, the French Protectorate decided to establish the Indochinese Medical College at Hanoi, a first high school in Indochina peninsula moulding to Western model. The first school director was Alexandre Yersin, an internationally renowned eminent scientist very fond of Vietnam. From 1902 to 1945, all directors of the college were Frenchmen and the school was considered as a subsidiary of the Paris Medical School, with French language in exclusive use for training. The development of the college led to formation of two practical hospitals, namely, Phudoan (latterly Vietduc hospital) and Bachmai. During this period, our elder generation was formed, with such prominent figures who contributed enormously to the foundation of Vietnamese Medicine as: Vu Dinh Tung, Ton That Tung, Hoang Dinh Cau, Pham Gia Trieu, Dang Van Chung, Dinh Van Thang, Do Xuan Hop, Pham Bieu Tam, Nguyen Thuc Tung, Nguyen Huu, and many others. In 1945, in the general enthusiasm of August Revolution, the former Indochinese Mixed Medico-Pharmacy School, now becoming Vietnam Medico-Pharmacy University, inaugurated the first accademic year on November 15, 1945, only three months after the foundation of the Republic Democratic Vietnam. On this occasion, the university had the honour of welcoming the beloved President Ho Chi Minh.

Only a short time afterward, the French colonialism returned to re-invade the young independent nation. In the night of December 19, 1945, artillery salvos of Lang Fortress were the signal to open the general war of resistance against the cruel ennemy. Teachers and students of the HMU were starting to serve in many fronts of Hanoi. In 1947, from the jungle of Vietbac (Northern part of North Vietnam), the Vietnam Medical School of Resistance had re-operated, though including a few teachers and students. The Vietnamese language was used for the first time in teaching. During the long 8-year resistance, after the training strategy "learning - go to the front - going back for learning - returning to the front", the school had formed enough doctors for different fronts and liberation zones. Graduated during this period were such doctors as Vu Trieu An, Pham Khue, Vi Huyen Trac, Nguyen Buu Trieu, etc, who played a key role in the development of medical sciences of Vietnam.

In 1954, after the triomphal return to the Capital, the Resistance Medical College, with other doctors in Hanoi, was starting to re-etablish the Hanoi Medico-Pharmacy College in the new period, period of reconstruction of the socialist North-Vietnam.

After 8 years of resistance against French colonialism, the Vietnam public health and medicine were distanced considerably from the world. So, masters and students had to shorten this difference. Development of specialties as cardiology, malariology, surgery (namely liver resection) was closely related with such figures as professor Ton That Tung, professor Dang Van Ngu, professor Dang Van Chung, whose reputation had brought about the knowledge of the world about the young Vietnam Medicine.

In 1965, the American imperialism extended the war to the whole country with USAF bombardment of North Vietnam, responding to the appeal to support South Vietnam people, masters and students of the HMU, once again, started out anywhere the country needed, from the North to the South, island to mountainous region, southern front to Lao front. Many of them had laid down their life at the front, such as professor Dang Van Ngu, doctor Pham Ngoc Thach, etc. To ensure training work, another part of the college, including students of the first, second and third year with departments of basic medical sciences, had gone for the second time to Vietbac (Thai Nguyen province). Afterward, they returned to Hanoi and other Red River provinces to achieve clinical practices.

In 1975, after liberation of the whole country, the HMU, in one hand, had to strengthen for stabilized development, and in the other hand, continued to support other southern medical schools (Hue, Hochiminh City, Can Tho, Tay Nguyen) with human resources. Almost all directors of these schools were former masters of the HMU (e.g. professor Nguyen Dinh Hoi, professor Vo Phung, agrege Pham Hung Luc, etc.).

At the biginning of '90s, in harmony with the "Doi moi" period, the HMU has moved along a dual orientation: development of high technology medicine, as in cardiology, organ transplantation, etc., and in the other hand, extensive investigation on public health and plurilateral cooperation with other nations and regions on the world: France, USA, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, etc... Many international symposia have been organized, such as Symposium in cardiovascular diseases, symposium in nephro-urology, symposium in traumato-orthopedics. Though these symposia, the prestige of HMU has been progressively enhanced. There have been extension of many international cooperations. Young Vietnamse doctors have been sent to foreign countries for improving their medical skill, in the same time about 50 foreign students from France, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, UK, etc were admitted annually to practice at Hanoi hospitals.

During nearly 100 years of development, the HMU had deeply linked to Hanoi, as well as to the whole country. The HMU has been known about in the past, present, and certainly in the future by numerous nations on the world. Until the present days, the HMU has formed more than 17,000 doctors of regular system and about 10,000 post-graduate students. Anywhere in Vietnam, one can see the imprint of HMU and this is the legitimate pridefulness of masters and students of the HMU.