Principal of the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cao Ngoc Thanh said the ties between the two universities dated back to 2006 with co-operation in providing charity cleft-palate surgeries for Vietnamese children.
To date, more than 300 children from northern central localities have received free operations and treatment as a result of the co-operation.
In 2009, the two sides also signed a memorandum of understanding on personnel training.
Moving forward, the RoK university will help the Vietnamese side build a speech and language therapy centre for cleft-palate children with investment capital sourced from the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA).
On the occasion, the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy presented the Health Ministry’s insignia ‘For People’s Health’ to Professor Shin Hyu-Geun, Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Graduate School of Dentistry under the Chonbuk National University.
