Vietnam - FEND-TB

The National Lung Hospital (NLH) is located in Hanoi, Vietnam under the leadership of Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, NLH Director, and serves as the FENT-TB site in Asia. Professor Nhung has been working in the field of TB and TB/HIV diagnosis and treatment for more than 25 years. As the first Manager of the Vietnam National Tuberculosis (TB) Program and Director of the National Lung Hospital, Dr. Nhung and NLH have been actively participating in the development of strategic research on TB and lung diseases. NLH has been collaborating with universities and research centers from the United States, Australia, France, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Japan, including the TB Trials Consortium.

Affiliated performance sites include both the National Lung Hospital (NLH) locations in Hanoi City and in Hai Phong City (the Viet Tiep Hospital and the Hai Phong Lung Hospital).] NLH in Hanoi City provides patient recruitment as well as clinical and lab related facilitates for the both the Adult and DR-TB protocols. Viet Tiep Hospital and Hai Phong Lung Hospital offer patient recruitment for the Adult protocol, and Hai Phong Lung Hospital also provides related clinical laboratory facilities for the Adult protocol.