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General Secretary To Lam and Matt Western, the UK Government’s Trade Envoy, witness the handover of cooperation documents between Ngo Chi Dung, Chairman and General Director of Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC), and Kaja Natland, Senior Vice President of GSK Asia–Pacific & International. (Photo: VNVC)

General Secretary To Lam witnesses ceremony to elevate strategic cooperation between Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC) and GSK (UK)

31/10/2025 14:46

This cooperation aims to expedite access to advanced medicines and vaccines developed by GSK, particularly by bringing to Vietnam new specialty medicines produced at GSK’s modern, globally strategic manufacturing facilities in Worthing and Barnard Castle (UK).

Director of the 108 Military Central Hospital Major General, Professor, Dr Le Huu Song (second, left), presents a souvenir to a representative of University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese hospital seeks stronger ties with British partners

16/06/2025 16:56

At the MoU signing ceremony between TAMRI and the University of Oxford. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)

Vietnam, UK step up medical research, training cooperation

20/01/2025 15:47

Vietnam receives additional 415,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by UK Government

03/08/2021 14:58

David McNaught, Political and Prosperity Counsellor at the British Embassy in Vietnam, handed over the donation of 415,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on August 3.

Vietnam to receive COVID-19 vaccines from UK, Czech Republic

29/07/2021 09:48

Vietnam is set to receive COVID-19 vaccine donations from the governments of the UK and the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has announced.

UK firms eye investing in health care in Vietnam

23/04/2021 14:30

The UK – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), which will take effect on May 1, is expected to open up opportunities for UK health care companies to navigate the Vietnamese market.

Da Nang hospital, UK firm cooperate in lung cancer treatment capacity building

13/03/2021 17:14

Da Nang Oncology Hospital and the UK's AstraZeneca Vietnam on March 12 signed an agreement to improve treatment capacity and the quality of medical care for lung cancer patients, targeting those in central Vietnam.

UK to help Vietnam fight against antimicrobial resistance

26/11/2020 21:59

Vietnam and the United Kingdom will cooperate in fighting against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Vietnam over the next three years, according to a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Hanoi on November 26.

Vietnam selected as only Asian pilot country in UK’s new global healthcare partnership

19/11/2020 10:16

Vietnam has been selected as the only Asian pilot country in a new global healthcare partnership founded by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the UK-based London School of Economics (LSE) and British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca Company donates 400,000 medical masks to Vietnam

19/05/2020 22:15

The UK-based AstraZeneca Company has donated 400,000 medical masks to the Ministry of Health to support Vietnam's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

71-year-old British man with COVID-19 treated successfully by Hue hospital

31/03/2020 16:10

A 71-year-old British man, who is the 49th COVID-19 patient recorded in Vietnam, has been treated successfully, the Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue province announced on March 31.

30th COVID-19 case reported in Vietnam

08/03/2020 20:38

Another case of COVID-19 was detected in Vietnam at 19:30 on March 8, raising the total number of cases in the country to 30.

Vietnam gets new generation vaccine technology from UK

18/12/2019 18:58

New vaccine production technology from a British university has been transferred to Vietnam which may help lower the cost and shorten production time.

Hospital K, UK partners work to improve cancer treatment

17/04/2019 09:42

Over 300,000 Vietnamese patients are struggling with cancer, said Director of the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (Hospital K) Tran Van Thuan during a conference on scientific research and training cooperation between Hospital K and UK partners on April 16.

“Facing the World” continues its charitable activities in Vietnam

11/04/2016 17:05

Some 70-80 Vietnamese children with facial disfigurements are expected to receive checkups and treatment from “Facing the World”- a United Kingdom-based charity from April 6-16.

Facing the World to open craniofacial centres in Vietnam

23/11/2015 21:11

Facing the World aims to establish two craniofacial centres in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the next five years.