On Thursday, 22 May, RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) signed a memorandum of understanding with Hanoi Medical University (HMU) which will enable further collaboration between both institutions in both education and training in the health sciences.

HMU is the oldest medical University in Vietnam and it is located in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

This announcement follows a visit to RCSI by representatives of the Vietnamese government and HMU in March of this year. The medical course in HMU is the leading programme in the country and one of the most prestigious medical programmes in the continent of Asia.

Over the past year Professor Ciaran O'Boyle and his colleagues in the RCSI Institute of Leadership have been collaborating with Hanoi to better understand HMU's faculty and student needs.

Both institutions hope that this initial MOU will lead to a series of fruitful collaborations. RCSI is honoured to have the opportunity to collaborate with one of Asia's most prominent health sciences institutions. 

Both RCSI and HMU would like to acknowledge the support of Atlantic Philanthropies and the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam, both of which helped significantly in facilitating this partnership.