Differences in conception of forensic medicine in the central Europe and south-eastern Asia are consisted in both legislative difference and different view of religion as well in fact, that forensic medicine is a very young subject in Vietnam and in some nearby countries that dispose of not enough professional workplaces and specialists. In this point, an intense reverse is coming about, especially owning to possibility of an abroad study of this subject in countries that have longer tradition.

        Key words: forensic medicine - history and development of medicine - modern Asiatic medicine