* History:

The Nam Dinh medical high school  was established in 12^th september 1981. Its predecessor was school of assistance medical doctor (established in 26^th october 1960).

* Function and task:

Train the medical students with good ethical and profession to meet the needs of people health protection and care. The school growths and developes continously during more than past 40 years.

* Some major achievements:

- 3^rd grade labour medal (1996)
- 2^nd grade labour medal (2000)
- 17 emulation flags
- 3 rotary emulation flags
- Trained 15000 trainees (primary degree to high school degree) serving the cause of country protection and construction
- Being the facility of training the chief of nurses, comprehensive care nurses and retraining the health cadres from communal to provincial level.
- Scientific research: 10-20 themes are implemented everyyear. They serve the teaching activity, evaluation and people health protection and care.

* Organizational structure:

Teachers and cadres including teacher in higher level:

- Assistance prof. and prof.: 10
- Ph.D: 17
- M.S: 19
- M.D and high school medical cadre: 51
- 1^st grade M.D: 34
- 2^nd grade M.D: 2
- Medical technicians, nurse and midwives: 27

* Structure:

Branch of communist party

- Scientific and education commission
- The board of the director
- Social organizations
- Deparment
- Library
- Faculty
- Center for informatics and foreign languages

* Political, social and occupational organizations:

- Communist party
- Trade union
- Youth union
- Student association
- Nurse association
- Soldier association

* Training degrees:

- Nurse of middle degree
- Nurse of high school degree
- Midwives of middle degree
- Elementary pharmacy
- Retraining

* International cooperation:

The Nam Dinh medical high school cooperates with hospital, colleges and organization of foreign countries of Japan, America, Swidden and Thai Lan... in teaching and learning.

* Training services:

- 600-800 learners everyyear in which more than 50% of these are nurse and midwives in high degree.
- The practise accounts for 60% training courses in provincial and district hospitals, communal health station and central hospitals.