January 9
Another Pasteur Institute. Despite the total renaming of all streets related to the various occupying forces of the last century all references to M Pasteur were retained. It seems Pasteur’s reputation as a solid citizen is largely due to Dr Alexandre Yersin, one of his students.
‘Dr Yersin came to Vietnam in 1889…learned to speak Vietnamese fluently…recommended that a hill station be established in Dalat…discovered the causes of the bubonic plague…and founded the Pasteur Institute which coordinates vaccination and hygiene programs.’