Faculty News

Celebrating A Long Relationship between Khon Kaen University and Hue University in Vietnam

On the 25th of September, 2015, the administrative team from Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Public Health traveled to Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Vietnam to join the celebration for the 10th Anniversary of the Faculty of Public Health there. Asst. Prof. Somsak Pitaksanurat, Dean of Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Public Health and three colleagues--Prof. Supannee Pronthet, Assoc. Prof. Wongsa Laohasiriwong, and Asst. Prof. Pattara Saenchaisuriya--received certificates in recognition of their great contributions to develop the Faculty of Public Health specialty at Hue University over the past 10 years.

On 26-27 September, the administrative team was joined by many lecturers and students from Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Public Health to participate in the 7th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Countries. In addition, a group of exchange students from Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Public Health spent a week from 24 September to 2 October at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy as part of a cultural exchange. The trip was highlighted by a performance of a Thai cultural show at the gala dinner on 26 September.