First Vietnamese university to train foreign medical postgraduates

A class at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Việt Nam National University, Hà Nội. Photo courtesy of the VNU.

HÀ NỘI The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at the Việt Nam National University, Hà Nội, has announced it has finalised agreements with India to start a master’s programme this September in four specialisations: internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, and radiology. The programme will initially enrol 40 doctors or graduates from India.

The university plans to open the first general medicine and dentistry courses for approximately 100 Indian students by early 2025.

Currently, Việt Nam already has the Cần Thơ University of Medicine and Pharmacy training Indian general practitioners, with the first intake starting in 2022.

This initiative represents a new direction for Vietnamese universities that is capable of providing education for foreign students, with curricula and instruction conducted in English.

Additionally, thousands of foreign doctors have already come to Việt Nam for short-term courses in endoscopic surgery, thyroid surgery, radiology, and cancer treatment at various Vietnamese hospitals. VNS