3 French doctors receive insignia.
(Photo: VNA)

(VOVworld) – Vietnamese Ambassador to France Duong Chi Dung o Tuesday awarded the “For the people’s health” merit medals to 3 French doctors in recognition of their contributions to Vietnam’s healthcare sector.  

The 3 honorees were Jacques Lansac, who specializes in obstetrics, Jean Michel Krivine – a surgeon, and Alain Desaulty, an ear-nose-throat specialist.

Dung acknowledged the effective decades-long cooperation and assistance of the French doctors in health worker training and their warm friendship for Vietnam.