Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son (7th from right) in a charity activity

From Thanh Son General Clinic

During his 34 years in the military, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son not only treated and saved people but also passed on the spirit of medical ethics, discipline and exemplary conduct to the younger generations of officers and soldiers. Many people think that after many years of dedication, leaving a part of his body on the battlefield, when he retires, he will choose a life of leisure and enjoyment. For him, to live is to continue "fighting", to do something useful for society.

After a period of preparation, in 2015, Thanh Son General Clinic officially came into operation. “Now that I think back, I think I was too reckless, because when I was discharged from the army, my wife and I had almost nothing. To have a spacious 5-storey facility with modern equipment and a total investment of more than 20 billion VND as it is now, I spent all my capital, borrowed from the bank, then mobilized relatives, friends, comrades... each person contributed a little. But I still believe that soldiers like us will succeed, so we cannot stop when the country still needs us and the people need high-quality medical services in the context of public hospitals being overloaded,” Mr. Son shared.

In 2024, building on the success achieved, he boldly invested in upgrading the clinic, equipping it with a 6D ultrasound machine with artificial intelligence, an automatic biochemical testing machine, an X-ray machine and modern dental treatment machines...

Currently, the total number of staff and employees of the clinic is 52 people, including 17 associate professors, doctors, specialist doctors II, masters; 33 bachelors, nurses, with stable income. The average revenue of the clinic is over 10 billion VND/year. Notably, he always prioritizes recruiting war veterans, former soldiers, and children of meritorious people to work in different positions in the clinic.

To social charity activities

As a member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Veteran Entrepreneurs Association and Chairman of the Hue City Veteran Entrepreneurs Association, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son is always proactive in connecting, mobilizing, and encouraging members to promote production, business, economic development, and job creation for society. Currently, the Association has 170 members in the fields of animal husbandry, aquaculture, health care, services, etc., creating stable jobs for over 6,000 local workers.

From 2015 to now, he has used profits from Thanh Son Clinic to support the construction of 4 Comrades' Houses, worth over 200 million VND; at the same time, he has organized dozens of free medical examinations and treatments, and given gifts to war veterans, wounded soldiers, policy families, the poor... with a total value of hundreds of millions of VND each time.

With his contributions over the years, businessman, war veteran, doctor Nguyen Thanh Son has been commended many times by the Central Committee of the Vietnam War Veterans Association, the People's Committee of Hue City and other levels; was elected as a delegate to the National Patriotic Emulation Congress; is a typical example of studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style in the period of 2021 - 2023; was commended and honored by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the National Advanced Model Conference on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Uncle Ho's call for patriotic emulation. In 2025, the city's War Veterans Association proposed to award the title of "Exemplary Citizen" to Hue City in 2024.

He rarely talks about himself but always talks about his comrades, about the veterans who are still facing difficulties and his hopes and plans for the future. He sees personal success as a springboard to spread good things and inspire the next generation, those who will continue the tradition of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the work of building the country today.

At the 6th Hue City Patriotic Emulation Congress (2025 - 2030), Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son was honored to represent more than 20,000 War Veterans Association members and received a certificate of merit from the Chairman of Hue City People's Committee.

Article and photos: Nguyen Van Hung

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