Vietnam's first IVF baby girl becomes a mother at 28

Luu Tuyet Tran delivered a healthy baby boy via cesarean section at My Duc Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The delivery marked a full circle for the woman who was one of the first children in the country to be born through in vitro fertilization. Professor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong and Associate Professor Vuong Thi Ngoc Lan assisted in the delivery.

Both doctors were instrumental in introducing IVF technology to Vietnam and helped bring Tran into the world in 1998. Tran's parents, Luu Tan Luc and Tran Thi Bach Tuyet, faced infertility before seeking treatment at Tu Du Hospital. After learning she had a blocked fallopian tube, Tuyet participated in one of the country's earliest IVF programs. Tran graduated from Tien Giang University and has often shared her story to inspire other couples facing infertility.

Her birth was part of a historic group of three babies born on April 30, 1998, which helped establish reproductive medicine in Vietnam. The other two children from that group include Mai Quoc Bao, who works in logistics, and Pham Tuong Lan Thy, whose middle name honors the doctors who performed the procedures. The newborn boy weighed 3,150 grams and appeared healthy immediately after the surgery. Tran remains in stable condition while she recovers from the operation.