Even without having other medical practitioners in her family while growing up in Hanoi, Dr. Hong Anh was born to be a doctor. Feeling the call from an early age, Hong Anh was lucky enough to win a scholarship to study medicine in Eastern Germany at the age of 17, where she spent seven years at Halle University, returning to Vietnam in 1989 amidst the tumult of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Home in Hanoi, Dr. Hong Anh joined the National Institute for Epidemiology and Hygiene, where she worked for three years before moving to Saigon. She began her practice at International SOS as a GP in 1994, initially interested in focusing on paediatrics, and then increasingly turning her attention towards women’s health. She went back to school to study in the field at the Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University for two years from 2001.
Nowadays, with more than 26 years of clinical experience—mostly in an international setting caring for expatriates from all over the world—Dr. Hong Anh oversees Raffles’ Obstetrics & Gynaecology department, offering comprehensive healthcare across the female lifespan and supporting women’s health at different stages of life, from teenagers to menopausal stage—covering general women’s health, prenatal care, STIs, breast cancer screening, Pap smears and HPV testing. Beyond her medical practice, Dr. Hong Anh is also a strong proponent of healthy lifestyles and a healthy mindset for women, and often serves to inspire women in ways to enhance their general quality of life beyond physical health.
