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All across the country [13] National Doctors' Day is celebrated on July 1 in memory of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, physician and the first Chief Minister of West Bengal. [14] He was born on July 1, 1882, and died on the same date in 1962. Indonesia: October 24: Hari Dokter Nasional or National Doctor's Day. The day is also marked by the birthday ...
Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region.
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Christian feast day: Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows; George Herbert (Anglicanism) Honorina; Leander; February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Doctors' Day (Vietnam) Independence Day (Dominican Republic), celebrates the first independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844. Majuba Day (some Afrikaners in South Africa) Marathi Language Day ...
Thomas Anthony Dooley III (January 17, 1927 – January 18, 1961) was an American physician who worked in Southeast Asia at the outset of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
As of January 2005, Vietnam had diagnosed 101,291 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases, of which 16,528 developed acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and 9,554 died. But the actual number of HIV-positive individuals is estimated to be much higher. An average of 40–50 new infections are reported every day in Vietnam.
Đặng Thùy Trâm (November 26, 1942 – June 22, 1970) was a Vietnamese doctor. She worked as a battlefield surgeon for the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong during the Vietnam War. Her wartime diaries, which chronicle the last two years of her life, attracted international attention following their publication in 2005.
Outside of his professional career, Nhựt participated in the national movement to popularize the press written in modern-day Vietnamese or Quốc ngữ in Cochinchina. With his friend and colleague Hồ Tá Khanh , he founded the weekly newspaper Văn Lang in Saigon in 1939, [ 5 ] which had the support and contributions from South-Vietnamese ...