Vietnam Urology

I was invited by Dr Vu Le Chuyen (Urology Chief, of General Plan Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City) of Vietnam Urology & Nephrology Association to lecture at their Annual Scientific Meeting held at the beach town of  Quang Binh on 8 August 2014.  There are no direct flights, even from Kuala Lumpur and the journey took a day!  The tour guide told us that “Vietnam is a poor country” but I am impressed by the country: friendly, metered taxis, clean toilets, clean environment and relatively cheap food. Vietnam has more urologists (~ 800 to population of 90 million)  compared to Malaysia (80 to 30 million). However, English is not widely spoken.  I had lunch and dinner with Dr Rainy Umbas (Director of Asian School of Urology) and about 10 Indonesian urologists: they speak good English and knows exactly about the urology practices in Malaysia!  Rightly, as we move into ASEAN free trade in 2015!!  I attach my edited lecture slides on pyeloplasty, group photo with some ASEAN urologists, dinner with Indonesian urologists