WELCOME ADDRESS

Dear colleagues, and friends,

As President of the Congress, and on behalf of the International and Local Organizing Committee, it is my great honor to welcome you to the Congress of the International Society of Blood Purification, which will be taking place in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam on December 1st and 2nd, 2023.

The Scientific committee of the Congress, and the invited speakers coming from the US, Japan, Europe, Canada,…are all well- known experts on nephrology, and dialysis therapies. During the Congress, the issues will be discussed through a state of the art in Nephrology and Dialysis as well as various topics, and updated knowledges, which are very indispensable for daily clinical practice, and patients’ care.

I think and I am sure that this event will be of an exceptional occasion for all to update our knowledge as well as to share our experiences with other colleagues.

The host Ho Chi Minh City, a riverside City, a hub of finance, economy, technology of the country, will provide rich cultural places, historic tradition, mixture of old, and modern architecture, which are the must-to-see sites you should visit. Great traditional and unique food with many well-known street food such as “Phở” (beef /chicken noodle), “Bánh mì” (a variety of sandwiches made with barbecue, chicken, pork, fish, vegetable, pepper, chili…), , “Gỏi cuốn” (rice paper roll with shrimp, pork, vegetable inside), “Bánh xèo” (Vietnamese Crepe made with green been sprout, onion, pork, shrimp), “Cà phê Trứng” (egg-mixed coffee), “Chuối nếp nướng” (grilled sticky-rice –wrapped banana) and many other worldwide recognized food, as well as authentic Vietnamese restaurants I cannot mention all are the must-to- taste things you should experience. Still more, you do not miss any kinds of other country food as good restaurants of Japanese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, French, Italian, Indian… dishes, wines, liquor are all available in our City!

The hospitality of the people, the beautiful landscapes, the dynamism, the vivacity, the “sleeplessness”, and the very agreeable climate in December of our City are the other reasons for each visitor to have unforgettable stay in Ho Chi Minh City.

I hope to welcome you in Ho Chi Minh in December, 2023 to attend the Congress, and at the same time, to enjoy a very pleasant happy stay in Ho Chi Minh City full of attractions.

Faithfully,

President of the Congress/President of HSDT

WELCOME TO HO CHI MINH CITY

 

 

Congress of the International Society of Blood Purification, which will be taking place in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam on December 1st and 2nd, 2023.

Vibrating with energy, innovation and traffic – lots of traffic – Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the economic heart of Vietnam and the main hub of the southern region. A freewheeling, cosmopolitan metropolis, HCMC’s dynamic cityscape draws together old and new Vietnam in the most compact of spaces, representing the city’s past as well as its future.

The hospitality of the people, the beautiful landscapes, the dynamism, the vivacity, the “sleeplessness”, and the very agreeable climate in December of our City are the other reasons for each visitor to have unforgettable stay in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City in the evening (view from the Bach Dang River)

Ben Thanh Market (the most old, identical, traditional market in the center of Ho Chi Minh City)

“Bánh mì”

“Phở”

“Bánh Xèo”

“Gỏi Cuốn”

COMMITTEES

PRESIDENCY

President of the Congress / President of the Ho Chi Minh City Society of Dialysis Therapies (HSDT)

Bui Pham Van

Vice President of the Congress

Chien Vo Duc

Honorary President of the Congress

Hideki Kawanishi

Honorary President of the HSDT

Toru Hyodo

SCIENTIFIC BOARD OF THE CONGRESS

Bui Pham Van

Ngoc Dung Nguyen Thi

Hiep Nguyen Thanh

Chien Vo Duc

Hideki Kawanishi – President

Balogun Rasheed – Secretary

Kaplan Andre

Davenport Andrew

Masakane Ikuto

Takemoto Yoshiaki

Zakharova Elena

Nayak KS

Tesar Vladimir

Akihiro C. Yamashita

Kenichi Kokubo

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE

Bui Pham Van

Chien Vo Duc

Hiep Nguyen Thanh

Ngoc Dung Nguyen Thi

Nhan Le Duc

Anh Tran Tuan

Hideki Kawanishi

Balogun Rasheed

Akihiro C.Yamashita

Toru Hyodo

Kenichi Kokubo

Hirokazu Matsubara

Technical Secretary

Tuan Nguyen Minh

Hoa Vu Minh

Loc Nguyen Duc

Kim Tung Nguyen Thi

Bao Ngoc Nguyen Thi

Nam Nguyen Duc

Hirokazu Matsubara