Delegation of SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute visited and worked with Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

13/09/2023

On the afternoon of August 28, 2023, SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Global Health (SDGHI) delegation led by Assoc. Tan Hiang Khoon – Director of SDGHI, General Director of Singhealth International Cooperation Office and Deputy Director of Singapore General Hospital, led the visit Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST). On the VAST side, there was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Tien Dung – Head of Department of Application and Development of Technology, together with representatives of VAST's affiliated units including Genome Research Institute, Institute of Biotechnology, Institute of Materials Science; Institute of Natural Compounds Chemistry and University of Science and Technology of Hanoi.

Overview of the meeting

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Tien Dung, Head of Department of Application and Development of Technology, speaks at the meeting

At the meeting, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Tien Dung introduced to the SDGHI delegation a brief overview of VAST's functions, tasks, development strategies, organizational structure, human resources, as well as summarized some outstanding achievements in scientific research that VAST has achieved. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Tien Dung also expressed his hope that this meeting would be a premise to create more opportunities for cooperation in the future between the two sides on issues of mutual interest. Especially in the field of biotechnology, gene technology, material science technology and training.

Assoc. Prof. Tan Hiang Khoon, Director of SDGHI, Director General of Singhealth International Cooperation Office, and Deputy Director of Singapore General Hospital, speaks at the meeting

Speaking at the meeting, Assoc. Prof. Tan Hiang Khoon said SingHealth was established in 2000 under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Singapore. SingHealth is the largest public health organization in Singapore consisting of 09 general and specialty hospitals, primary health care centers and community hospitals across Singapore. SingHealth is also one of the prestigious biomedical science research centers in Asia and has international cooperation programs with many world-renowned universities. Over the years, SingHealth has had many cooperative relationships with ministries, sectors, research centers and institutes, universities and hospitals in Vietnam in the fields of research and training cooperation. Through the meeting, Assoc. Tan Hiang Khoon expressed his desire for the two sides to explore potential areas of cooperation in the future.

Taking souvenir photograph

Translated by Phuong Ha
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