History:

Viet Nam National institute of Gerontology (VNIG) was established according to dicision No 749/BYT-QD by ministry of health in 29th April 1997. Its predecessor was the National institute of elderly health protection founded according to the dicision No 1021/BYT-QD by ministry of health date 15th November 1993.

Founder-former director
People physician
Pham Khue

Director
Excellent teacher, Assistance prof, PhD
Tran Duc Tho

The main tasks:

- Researching the Gerontology related aspects in basic, clinical and social gerontology.
- Treatment: bed for in patients: 50
- Teaching in gerontology (graduation and post graduation)
- Organizing the training courses for nurses
- Profession guiding for lower levels: Setting up and guiding the network of health experts in the gerontology through the country.
- Communicating and advising the elderly health related activities.

Manpower:

Staffs: 55 in which
. Prof: 02
. Ph.D: 04
. M.S: 03
. Ph.D candidates: 04
2nd grade M.D: 02
1st grade M.D: 03

Organizational structure:

- Director: excellent teacher, assistance prof, Ph.D Tran Duc Tho
- Vice director: Ph.D Pham Thang
- Clinical components: including
. cardiovascular department
. mental-neurological department
. endocrine-metabolism department
. emergency department
. laser department
- Functional test and functional rehabitation component: equiped many morden medical equipments such as: biochemical equipments, ultrasound, color ultrasound-doppler, cardiogram, encephalogram, respiratory function, movement rehabilitation, language rehabitation and working rehabitation.
- Administration component

Some main achievements:

- Enhangcing the awareness of society in elderly population, elderly health care.
- Upgrading the knowledge in 3 major aspects in gerontology.
- Finished 250 scientific themes in which: 3 ministrial themes.
- Participating to train 15 candidates of Ph.D, hundreds of M.S, hospital medical doctors, 1 st grade medical doctors, 2 nd grade medical doctors.
- Editing and publishing 40 titles of medical books
- Organizing 22 conferences and many training courses for more 1000 cadres in the whole country.
- Researching the epidemology of geriatric health and disease with the big number of subject in many different geographic areas.
- Collaborating with the domestic facilities in researching and manufacturing the drugs.
- Researching the new methods of treatment.
- Cooperating with the international organizations and enterprises such as WHO, UNPFA, ESCAP, HAI, ATCOA, Beaferer ipssen international, les laboratoires servier ... etc... in training, researching and developing the public projects.
- Calling for and founding the Viet Nam gerontology association.
- Treating effectively the in patients; upgrading the medical morals.
- Being the first place in successfully applying the laser therapy in treatment of the benign prostate tumour.
- Medals:
. 3rd grade labor medal for VNIG
. 2nd grade independent medal for prof Pham Khue
. 3rd grade labor medal for assistance prof, Ph.D Tran Duc Tho