Organizational structure and resources:

- Vduh was established in 1906. Its name called Phu Doan hospital in 1946 (Director: professor Ton That Tung). This name was changed to Viet Nam - Republic and Democracy of Germany friendship hospital in 1958. This name was changed to Viet Duc friendship university hospital in 1991 (short called Viet Duc university hospital). Vduh will be rebuilt completely and installed the modern medical equipments in order to become the modern surgery facility as an international standard.

- Vduh has 29 department and faculty to serve diagnose and treatment diseases for people in the whole country.

- Manpower:

. Total: 577 staffs.  
. Professor: 06  
. Assistance professor: 12  
. Ph.Dr: 12 (female: 3)  
. M.S 16 (female: 2)  
. Medical doctor, 1st and 2nd grade medical doctors: 104  
. Nurses and technical assistances: 423

The main functions and tasks:

- Vduh is an university hospital and highest surgery professional level in the country.

. Consultants: 98.000 cases  
. inpatients: 14000 cases  
. Operations: 16000 cases  
. Surgical complicated and difficulty diagnosing diseases are addmitted and treated.

- Tasks:

. Consultant, treatment and emergency  
. Training  
. Researching  
. Profession guiding  
. Prevention  
. International cooperation  
. Economy management

- Implementing the modern techniques on resuscitation anaesthetic, big and complicated operations.

- Para clinical: picture diagnose, spiral CT Scanner, ultrasound (Echo Doppler), ultra selective vascular X-ray, endospopic diagnose/treatment (gastrointestine, liver, gall bladder and splean, ...etc...), biochemistry, haematology, blood transsfusion, microbiology and anatomy... etc...

- Clinical: Digestive surgeries (gastrointestinal tract, liver, gall bladder and splean, - Ton That Tung's liver surgery pattern); cardiovascular surgery, heart valve replacement...): traumatic-plastic surgeries (limb trauma, hip replacement...); urinary surgeries (kidney, urinary tract, urinary bladder stones, kidney transplant, external stone disintegration...); neurosurgeries (trauma, brain tumour, marrow tumour surgery...); endoscopic surgeries, laser surgery and laser-photodynamic therapy (PDT).

- Consulting to ministry of health to leading the surgical activities, training and guiding for lower levels.

Some main achievements:

- Cardiovascular surgeries: open heart surgery, heart valve replacement, Bentall surgery, coronary by pass surgery, vascular connect surgery during beating heart (without artificial pulmonary machine).

- Neuro sergeries: Skull traumatic surgery, neuro-spinal surgery, pituitary gland tumour surgery, the nerve VIII tumour surgery (with using ultrasound knife).

- Endoscopic surgery and interventive endoscope:

. Stomach catheter open by endoscope, gall bladder and splean endoscope (ERCP), worm stone disintegration by endoscope..
. Prostate enlargement and tumour endoscopic surgery.  
. Abdominal endoscopic surgeries (since 1993): gall bladder removing, adrenal tumour removing, nerve X removing, cystic ovary ectomy, splean removing, appendicitis removing (laparoscopy) - complications and duration of treatment reduced.

- Liver, gall bladder and splean surgeries:

. Liver removing surgery in liver cancer, diseases and trauma.  
. Gall stone surgeries inner or outer liver.  
. Gall bladder endoscope for diagnosing and stone removing

- Using ultrasound kife in liver removing (little bleeding and fast).

- Surgeries for bleeding complication due to cirrhosis-portal-vein-hypertension.

- Plastic-traumatic surgeries: hip  replacement, joint endoscope (diagnose and treatment), etc...

- Digestive surgeries with complicated techniques such as oesophagus removing and plastic surgery, entire stomach removing surgery, large intestinal removing sergery... etc...

- External kidney stone disintegration by the modern stone disintegrator with high safaty and effect. Transdermal stone disintegration combinned with stone disintegration by endoscope (urinary tract) to manage urinary tract stones.

- Supporting and training the profession in kidney transplant for other centers through the country since 1992 and has started this technique since 1990.

- Vduh is biggest facility for supplying the blood to many hospitals in Ha Noi. 2300 liters of blood used every year. The modern techniques such as blood components isolation and partial blood transfusion are developed.

- Applying the high techniques in diagnosing such as immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, immidiate biopsy in anatomy-forsensic, Echodoppler, vascular X-ray etc...

- Primarily applying laser-photodynamic therapy (PDT) in treating brain tumour, urinary bladder cancer, haemorrhoids, anus leakage and other diseases.

International cooperation:

Vduh cooperates with many countries such as Germany, Russia, China, France, America, Italy, Cuba, Australia, Japan, Thai Lan and Laos, Singapore and Cambodia etc... Many medical doctor, professor are members of domestic and international medical associations. Many foreign doctors, professors from many countries such as (France, Italy, Cuba, Australia, England, Ireland, Netherland, America, Laos and Cambodia) come to vduh to exchange the medical science and study.