Hanoi Medical University (HMU) (Vietnamese: Đại học Y Hà Nội, French: Université de médecine de Hanoï) is the oldest university of Vietnam located in Hanoi. HMU was found 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).
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