London (VNA) – Tam Anh Research Institute (TAMRI) under Tam Anh General Hospital Group has recently announced its Memorandum of Understanding on scientific research and medical training collaboration with the University of Oxford, marking the prestigious British institution’s first bilateral agreement with a Vietnamese research institute and hospital system.
The signing ceremony was attended by Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Do Minh Hung, former British Ambassador to Vietnam Mark Kent, Oxford University professors, and leaders from the TAMRI and hospital group.
Under the MoU, the collaboration will focus on developing intensive training programmes and enhancing research capabilities for medical professionals and researchers. Both institutes will facilitate expert exchanges, internships, and workshops, creating opportunities for hands-on experience in new research environments while building sustainable collaborative networks.
They pledged to share non-confidential knowledge and materials to get updated on the latest medical advances, enhance mutual understanding, and promote breakthrough research ideas.
The MoU marks official cooperation between the two sides to develop evidence-based medical solution, helping shape healthcare decisions, improve treatment effectiveness, and deliver tangible benefits to the community.
Speaking at the MoU signing ceremony, Hung affirmed support for the international cooperation activities of Vietnamese science associations while commending Tam Anh General Hospital Group’s growing reputation in Vietnam’s healthcare sector and its partnership with global pharmaceutical and vaccine corporations.
Associate Professor Proochista Ariana - International Development and Health, Director of MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine, the University of Oxford, underscored that the partnership aims at developing sustainable and creative solutions to handle medical challenges.
The University of Oxford highly values the collaboration and the opportunity to learn from Vietnamese colleagues, she said, adding the goal is to build research culture and capacity, generating scientific evidence to support policy-making and better public health in Vietnam.
Professor David A. Clifton, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of Clinical Machine Learning at the University of Oxford, expressed his optimism about the potential for AI development in health care between the two countries, highlighting the collaboration will drive innovation in the field, positioning Vietnam to lead Southeast Asia in building new system and applying advanced AI.
TAMRI Executive Director Phuong Le Tri highlighted that the collaboration represents a crucial step in Tam Anh General Hospital Group’s development strategy as the hospital is working to improve the research capacity of its experts and planning to build Tam Anh University in the near future, helping deliver on the goal of developing a world-class medical training and research centre in Vietnam.
Delegations of Oxford University professors are set to visit TAMRI and Tam Anh General Hospital Group in March to launch initial projects./.
