The Vietnam home of Alexandre Yersin, who discovered the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, has been designated a national historic site by the government. The decision was signed by the Minister ...

When Alexandre Yersin discovered one of the most lethal bacteria in human history, the tiny bacillus of the plague that over the centuries had killed tens of millions of people, he earned his place in ...

SEVENTY-five years ago the central highlands of Vietnam, so prominently referred to in the newspapers today, were known to but a few primitive tribes of mountain people. The mountainous terrain and ...

The Alexandre Yersin Museum is located on the 2nd floor of the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute, which he founded in 1895. The Alexandre Yersin Museum is located on the 2nd floor of the Nha Trang Pasteur ...

VietNamNet Bridge - At the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition by artist Vi Quoc Hiep on Sunday, the portrait of Da Lat’s "father" - French doctor Alexandre Yersin, which is made of 10,000 peas ...

The hot, heavy spring of 1940 still haunts the French imagination. “German troops are at the gates of Paris”, lorries and columns of refugees flee the world's most cultured city. So begins Patrick ...

The Swiss Vietnamese Medical Association (HELVIETMED) announced that three Vietnamese scientists have won the Alexandre Yersin Prize for outstanding medical publications, according to the Swiss ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Khanh Hoa Province has announced the State’s decision to posthumously confer the “Honourary citizen of Vietnam” title on ...

How a young Swiss doctor identified the cause of a dreaded disease. Show more When Alexandre Yersin discovered one of the most lethal bacteria in human history, the tiny bacillus of the plague that ...