Following the External Competency Assessment of Malaria Microscopists (ECAMM) conducted in September 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Office in Viet Nam continues to support the capacity assessment of laboratory technicians from three institutes of malariology, parasitology and entomology (IMPE) in Ha Noi, Quy Nhon and Ho Chi Minh city. This support was provided from 13 -17 March, 2023 in Quy Nhon city.
In order to evaluate the skills of national microscopists in detecting and diagnosing malaria in blood samples using a microscope, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Office for Viet Nam organized the External Competency Assessment of Malaria Microscopists (ECAMM) course in Quy Nhon city from 05-09 September 2022.
On September 30th 2015, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) held the ceremony ending the course 36 and awarding the intermediate professional education diplomas to 75 full-time students of Medical Laboratory Technology, Course 36 (2013-2015).
On the afternoon of 20 November 2014, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (IMPE-QN) formally celebrated the 32nd anniversary of Vietnamese teachers' day (20 November 1982 - 20 November 2014) and start of Course 37 (2014 - 2016).