The Swiss Embassy in Vietnam on June 25 organised a screening of thefilm “It’s not a life that doesn’t move” chronicling the life and careerof Dr. Alexandre Yersin, in the central province of Khanh Hoa.
This is only the third screening worldwide of the 90-minutedocumentary film by filmmaker Stephane Kleeb on the occasion of the120th anniversary of Yersin’s discovery of the deadly Bacillus virusresponsible for the bubonic plague. He was credited with making up avaccine that saved the world from the biggest-ever scourge then.
The film reminds us of the great scientist’s hard work, perseveranceand a lifetime of devotion to science and humanity, Swiss AmbassadorAndrej Motyl said at the opening of the show, which attracted more than500 scientists and students from local research institutes anduniversities.
Born in 1863 in Switzerland, Yersin studiedmedicine at prestigious institutions across Switzerland, Germany, andFrance. In 1888, he became a naturalised French citizen, and two yearslater, he was shipped off to Vietnam to become a physician for theMessageries maritime company.
Ultimately, he chose thecoastal city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province as his living placethroughout the rest of his life.
As founder of Nha TrangPasteur Institute, co-founder and the first principal of the IndochinaMedical College, the predecessor of the current Hanoi Medical Universityand the Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Yersin made the list of the worldcelebrities for his colossal number of research pieces.
In1990, a relic complex dedicated to him in Khanh Hoa was recognised as anational cultural relic site. Later in 2013, he was awarded theposthumous title of “Honorary Citizen of Vietnam”, in coincidence withhis 150 th birthday and 70 th death anniversaries.
He wasburied in Nha Trang, with the epitaph, “Benefactor and humanist,venerated by the Vietnamese people” etched on his gravestone.
Earlier, the documentary on Yersin was screened at the Hanoi National University and the Ho Chi Minh University of Sciences.-VNA
This is only the third screening worldwide of the 90-minutedocumentary film by filmmaker Stephane Kleeb on the occasion of the120th anniversary of Yersin’s discovery of the deadly Bacillus virusresponsible for the bubonic plague. He was credited with making up avaccine that saved the world from the biggest-ever scourge then.
The film reminds us of the great scientist’s hard work, perseveranceand a lifetime of devotion to science and humanity, Swiss AmbassadorAndrej Motyl said at the opening of the show, which attracted more than500 scientists and students from local research institutes anduniversities.
Born in 1863 in Switzerland, Yersin studiedmedicine at prestigious institutions across Switzerland, Germany, andFrance. In 1888, he became a naturalised French citizen, and two yearslater, he was shipped off to Vietnam to become a physician for theMessageries maritime company.
Ultimately, he chose thecoastal city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province as his living placethroughout the rest of his life.
As founder of Nha TrangPasteur Institute, co-founder and the first principal of the IndochinaMedical College, the predecessor of the current Hanoi Medical Universityand the Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Yersin made the list of the worldcelebrities for his colossal number of research pieces.
In1990, a relic complex dedicated to him in Khanh Hoa was recognised as anational cultural relic site. Later in 2013, he was awarded theposthumous title of “Honorary Citizen of Vietnam”, in coincidence withhis 150 th birthday and 70 th death anniversaries.
He wasburied in Nha Trang, with the epitaph, “Benefactor and humanist,venerated by the Vietnamese people” etched on his gravestone.
Earlier, the documentary on Yersin was screened at the Hanoi National University and the Ho Chi Minh University of Sciences.-VNA
