European Association of Urology opens representative office in Việt Nam

The European Association of Urology on July 12 officially established its first representative office in Việt Nam located at HCM City-based Bình Dân Hospital. — Photo Courtesy of Bình Dân Hospital

HCM CITY — The European Association of Urology (EAU) on July 12 officially established a representative office in Việt Nam located at HCM City-based Bình Dân Hospital.

Speaking at the launching event, Tăng Chí Thượng, director of the city’s Department of Health, said this is an important step forward in professional cooperation, helping domestic patients benefit from modern techniques from the world.

“This is an important basis for developing activities to exchange knowledge and professional experience, deploy scientific research, and promote specialised fields of urology where Việt Nam has its own strengths and characteristics,” he said.

The department will create favourable conditions for in-depth training activities, meeting international standards that are included in the high-quality human resource training programme of the city’s health sector, he said.

Trần Vĩnh Hưng, director of Bình Dân Hospital, said the hospital has been an important partner of EAU in standardising techniques and improving the application of advances in the field of urology – andrology in treating patients.

The opening of the EAU representative office aims to open up opportunities for strategic and bilateral cooperation in training, scientific research, and clinical practice guidance based on the development needs of doctors in the country and the region.

In the coming time, the parties will enhance cooperation, focusing on the fields of gender medicine, male infertility and male reproductive endocrinology.

The event took place within the framework of the ongoing EAU-ESAU Masterclass on Andrology held in HCM City from July 12 to 14.

The three-day masterclass is co-organised by EAU, the EAU Section of Andrological Urology (ESAU), the Vietnam Urology and Nephrology Association (VUNA), and Bình Dân Hospital.

More than 130 doctors in the fields of urology – andrology, reproductive support and related specialties across the country are participating in the masterclass.

In the first of its kind in Việt Nam, the masterclass brings an opportunity for the learners to update in-depth knowledge about men’s health and skills in clinical practice treatment of male pathology.

It is carried out by professors from Europe (Italy, Germany, Greece, Spain) and Asia (Japan, the Philippines), along with leading domestic speakers. — VNS