Nguyen Thanh Liem

Liem performed the first laparoscopic surgery on a child in Asia.^[1] He served as the director of the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital.^[2]

In 2018 he received the Nikkei Asia Prize in Science, Technology and Environment for his work in reducing Vietnam’s child mortality rate.^[3][4] As of 2018, he was the director of the Vinmec Research Institute of Stem Cell and Gene Technology.^[3] The following year, he became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.^[5]