Hanoi Medical University

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Hanoi Medical University

Trường Đại học Y Hà Nội
Current campus of HMU in Đống Đa District
Former names	Indochina Medical College
Established	1902
President	Prof Thanh Van Ta, MD.,PhD.
Address	No.1,Tôn Thất Tùng street, Khương Thượng ward, Đống Đa , Hanoi , Vietnam
Website	hmu.edu.vn

Hanoi Medical University (HMU, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Y Hà Nội) is the oldest university of Vietnam and is located in Hanoi. HMU was founded in 1902 by French during the French colonisation under the name Indochina Medical College. The first headmaster of HMU was Alexandre Yersin who was the co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was renamed in his honour (Yersinia pestis).