The book is introduced on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2025), depicting the life of the white blouse-wearing hero Dang Van Ngu, who devoted himself to the medical career, successfully researched and produced penicillin antibiotics, contributing to the treatment of war invalids and people in the resistance war against France and the US.
Towards children, the book Dang Van Ngu - Dedicated to All Your Life tells the life of one of the outstanding scientists of Vietnam in the 20th century in the form of comics with easy-to-understand language and vivid illustrations.
The book Dang Van Ngu - Dedicated to the whole life is included in the book series Vietnamese Science Workers by Kim Dong Publishing House. The book with short narration, short story by journalist Nguyen Nhu Mai and vivid illustrations by artist Nguyen Hoang Tan, young readers will easily follow the life of Dr. Dang Van Ngu like a slow-motion film.
Born in 1910 in a well-off family in the capital of Hue, few people know that as a child, Dang Van Ngu was a low-class student, having failed many exams, to the point that his father was frustrated with being poor. At that time, the boy Dang Van Ngu regained consciousness, focused on studying and improved significantly every day. The achievements Dang Van Ngu has achieved have become the pride of his parents and the whole family.
The boy Dang Van Ngu was sent to Hanoi to study at a private secondary school. At the age of 20, young man Dang Van Ngu passed both the National Talent and Western Talent exams, receiving a scholarship to go directly to Dong Duong University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
In 1937, Dang Van Ngu graduated as a Medical Doctor and returned to Hue to marry - the lover of Mr. Ton That Dan. Choosing to stay in Hue to open a private hospital and stay at the school to work as an assistant with a small allowance, Dang Van Ngu still decided to take his wife to Hanoi and work at the school.
He became the first Vietnamese lecturer and concurrently head of the Parasite laboratory of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy. With 19 published scientific works, he is considered "Asia's leading parasitologist".
Young teacher Dang Van Ngu continues his training in Japan - a country with many achievements in parasitology at that time.
In the context of the resistance war against France, medicine, especially antibiotics against infections, is extremely scarce, using only extremely rudimentary items such as bamboo tubes and duct pipes, Dr. Dang Van Ngu has created the first dose of penicillin. From here, penicillin products were produced and transferred to the front line, promptly treating Vietnamese war invalids.
After Liberation Day, Professor Dang Van Ngu became the founder and first Director of the Vietnam Institute of Malaria, Parasitology and insects. He and his colleagues have researched and combined many preventive measures against malaria and have finally controlled it in the North.
In the Southern battlefield, malaria still torments our soldiers no less than American bombs and bullets. Professor Dang Van Ngu led a delegation of officials of the Truong Son Overseas Institute to the West of Thua Thien, setting up a research station to find a vaccine against malaria on the spot.
As soon as the work began, a US B52 bomb was dropped on the mat, killing the entire killing station. That was on April 1, 1967, at that time, Professor Dang Van Ngu was only 57 years old...
