Hanoi University of Pharmacy, formerly known as the Indochina Medicine School, was established by decree of the
French government
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Indochina
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General Governor
Paul Doumer
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Biography
Joseph Athanase Doumer was born in Aurillac, in the Cantal ''dépa ...
on 8 January 1902. The school was responsible for training doctors, Indochina pharmacists and research in
tropical disease
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On 29 September 1961, the Ministry of Health issued Decision No. 828/BYT/QD to split Hanoi College of Medicine - Pharmacy into two schools: the Hanoi Medical University and Hanoi University of Pharmacy. The rector and Party Committee Secretary was pharmacist Vu Cong Thuyet; vice-rector was Professor Truong Cong Quyen.
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