Press Release
March 9th 2010

Science Theatre: An entertaining way to raise awareness of health and scientific issues in HCM city’s young people
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit & Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme Vietnam

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit & Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme Vietnam (OUCRU & WTMOP-VN) is proud to announce an exciting new endeavor: educational Science Theatre. These Science Theatre productions are part of a larger project of Public Engagement in Science or Mang Khoa Hoc Den Cong Chung - a community outreach project produced by the Training and Public Engagement Department of OUCRU & WTMOP-VN and sponsored by the Wellcome Trust UK.
The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit was established in 1991 by the Wellcome Trust, the largest medical charity in the UK, with support from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD) and the Health Services of Ho Chi Minh City. The unit now has collaborations in hospitals and institutes across HCMC and Hanoi, and the rest of Vietnam and South East Asia.