Institut Pasteur In Ho Chi Minh City
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Pasteur Institute The Pasteur Institute (, ) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax and rabies. Th ...
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Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...
is a Vietnamese national institute initially created by the French in 1891 under the name Pasteur Institute - Sai Gon, in 1975 renamed the Institute of Epidemiology, and in 1991 given the current name.


Research

The research in this institute is about dengue fever, diarrheal diseases, HIV, leptospirosis and poliomyelitis.


Photo gallery

Institut Pasteur, Saïgon (PV0016906).jpg, Main building in the 1920s PasteurInstitute HCMC main-building lower-qual.jpg, Main building PasteurInstitute HCMC busts-Calmette-Pasteur lower-qual.jpg, Busts of Calmette and Pasteur


External links


Official Website of Pasteur Institute in HCMC
Universities in Ho Chi Minh City France–Vietnam relations Medical research institutes in Vietnam *Ho Chi Minh City {{Vietnam-university-stub