On 4th July 2023, Vietnam National Children’s Hospital and University Children’s Hospital Würzburg signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cellar immune-oncology training, scientific research and technology transfer at Würzburg, Germany. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Administration of Science Technology and Training of Ministry of Health and the Vietnamese Consulate in Frankfurt. The delegation of Vietnam National Children’s Hospital was led by Associate Professor. Tran Minh Dien – Director of the Hospital.
University Hospital Würzburg, founded a few years after the establishment of the university in 1402, is one of the oldest hospitals in Germany and is currently one of the best medical facilities in Germany according to FOCUS Magazine. Its strengths are selective stem cell techniques and cellular immunotherapies in the treatment of cancer in children and adults. With the aim of learning and applying the world’s leading advanced techniques in cancer treatment for Vietnamese children, the delegation of Vietnam National Children’s Hospital led by Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Dien visited Würzburg University Hospital from July 3rd to July 8th.
After 2 working days, the two hospitals jointly explored the strengths of each side and agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding in areas including: semi-compatible stem cell transplantation, adrenocortical carcinoma and developing CAR-T cell therapy for children.
Besides representatives of the two hospitals, participants of the ceremony include Assoc Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hoang Long – Director of Administration of Science Technology and Training of the Ministry of Health; Mr. Le Quang Long – Consul General of Vietnam in Frankfurt, Germany; Assoc Prof. Dr. Matthias Frosch – Director of Würzburg University and Prof. Paul Gerhardt Schlegel – Head of the Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation.
At the beginning, Vietnam National Children’s Hospital sent two officers of Stem Cell Center to Germany in order to learn the technique of haploidentical stem cell transplantation for two months. In the coming time, Cancer Center and Stem Cell Center will work with University Children’s Hospital Würzburg to build specific cooperation programs on training, scientific research and implement CAR-T cell therapy for children project at Vietnam National Children’s Hospital.
Here are some pictures of the delegation at University Children’s Hospital Würzburg:
