Technical Training Course: Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery (Phẫu thuật lấy thoát vị đĩa đệm cột sống thắt lưng) — Viet Duc University Hospital Training and Line Direction Centre
Names in the programme record: Assoc. Prof. Nguyễn Mạnh Khánh (Deputy Director; Director, Training and Line Direction Centre)
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DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
3 months (2026 cohort: May to August 2026; opened 12 May 2026, closed 9 September 2026)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureHands-on technical training in lumbar disc herniation surgery at Vietnam's national surgical referral hospital, delivered under the hospital's annual technical-direction programme and Project 1816 for doctors from provincial hospitals; certificate issued on completion. Viet Duc's published training plans list further three-month orthopaedic and spine courses (e.g. minimally invasive spine surgery, cervical spine, hip and knee arthroplasty, pelvic and acetabular fixation).
Participation levelEducational course. Attendance does not itself confer clinical privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
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International applicants
Domestic Vietnamese training scheme for provincial-hospital doctors; not open as an international fellowship.
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Clinical role
Educational attendance; not a clinical fellowship or licence. Hands-on technical training in lumbar disc herniation surgery at Vietnam's national surgical referral hospital, delivered under the hospital's annual technical-direction programme and Project 1816 for doctors from provincial hospitals; certificate issued on completion. Viet Duc's published training plans list further three-month orthopaedic and spine courses (e.g. minimally invasive spine surgery, cervical spine, hip and knee arthroplasty, pelvic and acetabular fixation). Exact privileges remain subject to host credentialing.
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Medical registration
Delivered within Vietnam's Ministry of Health technical-direction scheme (Project 1816) for Vietnamese hospital staff.
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Language
Taught in Vietnamese
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Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateAnnual; the 2026 cohort opened 12 May 2026. Next cohort not yet announced
Health workers from Vietnamese hospitals (the 2026 cohort comprised staff with more than 10 years' experience from northern provincial hospitals)
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Three-month technical course in lumbar disc herniation surgery run each year by Viet Duc University Hospital's Training and Line Direction Centre in Hanoi for doctors from provincial hospitals. The 2026 cohort ran from May to August 2026, and all trainees received certificates.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Viet Duc University Hospital (Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Việt Đức), Training and Line Direction Centre
Viet Duc University Hospital (Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Việt Đức), Training and Line Direction Centre in Hanoi, Vietnam is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes hands-on technical training in lumbar disc herniation surgery at Vietnam's national surgical referral hospital, delivered under the hospital's annual technical-direction programme and Project 1816 for doctors from provincial hospitals; certificate issued on completion. Viet Duc's published training plans list further three-month orthopaedic and spine courses (e.g. minimally invasive spine surgery, cervical spine, hip and knee arthroplasty, pelvic and acetabular fixation)..
