Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan held an online working session with France’s Xenothera company on cooperation to conduct the third phase of clinical trial of Xenothera-developed XAV-19 COVID-19 treatment drug and the transfer of XAV-19 production technology to Vietnam.

A scientific conference on HIV and hepatitis-related studies of the French National Agency for Research on AIDS (ANRS) in Vietnam opened in Hanoi on June 19.

The first France – Vietnam conference on oncology took place in Ho Chi Minh City on November 18, bringing together leading oncologists from both countries.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the French Defence Attache Office in Vietnam launched an exchange of medical expertise in Hanoi on November 12 for staff of level 1 field hospital under the engineer corps of the Vietnam United Nations Peacekeeping Mission.

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on November 4 attended a ceremony to inaugurate the French medical centre in Ho Chi Minh City as part of his official visit to Vietnam from November 2-4.

A delegation of K Hospital led by Prof., Dr Tran Van Thuan, Director of the hospital and head of the Vietnam National Institute for Cancer Control (NICC), has visited France’s Avicenne Hospital and Curie Institute.

Vietnam and France signed many cooperation agreements in health during a working visit to France by Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien from June 13-17 at the invitation of French Minister of Solidarities and Health Agnès Buzyn.

Vietnam’s Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has granted insignias “For the Health of the People” to 30 French medical experts for their contributions to Vietnam’s health sector.

Four French doctors have been awarded with certificates of merit of the Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien for their contributions to public health care in Vietnam.

The Hanoi People’s Committee on November 30 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in health care development with France’s Paris city.

The health departments of Hanoi and Paris has signed a cooperation agreement in technology transfer aiming to improve the quality of pre-birth and newborn screening for early deformity detection.

French experts are willing to assist the General Hospital of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in applying advanced medical techniques.

The Health Department of Hanoi and the Ireard center of France signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on medical cooperation in Hanoi on January 19.

The General Hospital of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 14 received a package of advanced health equipment, which was part of a project funded by the French Government.