[1] Established by Alexandre Yersin in 1895, it specialized in the study of animal disease, their prophylaxis and treatment.

Yersin bought a 500 hectare property in Suoi Giao (about 20 km outside Nha Trang) on which to raise 600 goats, sheep, cattle and water buffalo, all needed for research at the institute.

The research was expensive; despite government subsidies and donations, he would have to find a local source of financing.

The first crop planted in 1898 gave a latex harvest in 1904 (this was sold to the local Michelin producer).

[3] After the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, the Nha Trang facility was made into a provincial hygiene institute by the government.