Vietnam marks success in IVF techniques

Professor Nguyen Thị Ngọc Phuong (left) meets Luu Tuyet Tran (right), one of the first three IVF babies in Vietnam at the ceremony. — VNA/VNS

HCM CITY (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): For years, numerous foreign couples have travelled to Vietnam not for leisurely purposes but rather for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures, as Vietnamese doctors have surpassed their foreign counterparts in performing several medical techniques, including IVF.

Professor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, who oversaw the first three IVF cases in Vietnam during her tenure as director of the Tu Du Hospital, made this assertion during a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the first IVF births in Vietnam. The event was held last week in Ho Chí Minh City.