HUST and AstraZeneca Establish the AZ–HUST Health Innovation Center

The program is carried out in the spirit of Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on creating science, know-how, innovation, and nationwide digital transformation; Resolution No. 72-NQ/TW of the Politburo on breakthrough options to strengthen safety, care, and enchancment of individuals’s well being; together with the General Secretary’s directive on the purpose of “Every citizen having a health check-up at least once a year.” Simultaneously, the occasion was launched to welcome the fifth Congress of the Vietnam Young Physicians Association for the 2025–2030 time period.
 

Strategic Cooperation between Hanoi University of Science and Technology and AstraZeneca

The MoU to implement the healthcare innovation mission was signed by Assoc. Prof. Huỳnh Quyết Thắng – President of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and Mr. Atul Tandon – General Director of AstraZeneca Vietnam.

According to the settlement, the AZ–HUST Health Innovation Center will probably be situated at the AI4LIFE Institute of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, with foremost actions together with:

– Research and utility of AI and digital transformation in healthcare to detect non-communicable ailments early, optimize medical examination and therapy processes, and assist medical decision-making.

– Incubation and assist for healthtech and medtech startups, connecting with AstraZeneca’s international A.Catalyst community.

– Piloting and verifying digital well being options, bringing know-how from analysis into medical observe.

– Training and capability constructing for docs, engineers, and researchers in the discipline of medical AI.

– Promoting interdisciplinary cooperation amongst universities, hospitals, analysis institutes, companies, and regulatory businesses.

The AZ–HUST Health Innovation Center can even function a spot to show and introduce superior medical know-how options, contributing to Vietnam’s stronger integration into the international sensible healthcare pattern.
 

One of the Health Innovation Center’s key tasks is creating an AI-powered medical chatbot, selectively educated on official diagnostic and therapy tips from the Ministry of Health and verified skilled paperwork. The system offers info with clear supply citations and issuance dates, supporting docs in medical decision-making, contributing to standardizing observe, and bettering affected person care high quality, particularly at the grassroots degree.

Towards a Sustainable Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem

Speaking at the ceremony, Assoc. Prof. Huynh Quyet Thang – President of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, dedicated that the University would mobilize its most educational capability, human assets, and worldwide cooperation community to work with AstraZeneca and companions. Together, they goal to construct a sustainable, accountable, and patient-centric healthcare innovation ecosystem, aligned with the Party and State’s main orientations on science, know-how, innovation, and digital transformation.
 

According to Assoc. Prof. Huynh Quyet Thang, the institution of the Health Innovation Center inside the framework of the A.Catalyst Network is evident proof of an efficient cooperation mannequin between University – Business – Regulatory Agency – Startup Ecosystem.

“The Center will be a place to incubate ideas, train human resources, promote interdisciplinary research, and support the commercialization of AI-applied healthcare solutions, contributing to solving major challenges such as preventing non-communicable diseases, and diagnosing and managing diseases for the people,” the HUST President said.

Mr. Atul Tandon – General Director of AstraZeneca Vietnam, famous that in the context of a quickly growing old inhabitants and altering atmosphere, non-communicable ailments are more and more rising in Vietnam, with 41.5% of deaths occurring earlier than age 70. Additionally, the disparity in entry to high quality healthcare companies between city and rural areas stays important.
 

“This is the time we need new and bold steps!” affirmed the General Director of AstraZeneca Vietnam.

The cooperative initiative between Hanoi University of Science and Technology and AstraZeneca is a robust response to Resolution 57-NQ/TW and Resolution 72-NQ/TW of the Politburo. The imaginative and prescient of the events by way of this occasion is clearly demonstrated: Applying synthetic intelligence and digital know-how to utterly change the manner advanced ailments like most cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular, and respiratory ailments are detected, recognized, and handled—by way of AI analysis facilities, startup assist packages, and worldwide cooperation, whereas collectively creating medical options appropriate for Vietnam’s traits.

Mr. Atul Tandon emphasised: “The project is a driving force for comprehensive change, helping to strengthen Vietnam’s healthcare system, ensuring that every citizen from the capital to the most remote areas has access to advanced healthcare.”

Experiencing Medical Technology in the Community Space

One of the occasion’s points of interest was the exhibition and expertise space for AI-applied medical options developed by the Institute for Research and Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI4LIFE) below Hanoi University of Science and Technology and its companions. These options reveal the means to mix educational analysis with sensible wants.
 

Additionally, automated screening stations for harmful ailments had been arrange, serving to folks entry preliminary screening companies conveniently, contributing to elevating consciousness about preventive medication and early detection of non-communicable illness dangers.

The “Comprehensive Healthcare Access” photograph exhibition vividly recreated medical examination and therapy actions in distant areas, search and rescue missions, in addition to the frontline efforts in COVID-19 prevention and management by the Vietnam Young Physicians Association, thereby clearly portraying the spirit of dedication and social accountability of the younger medical pressure.

Furthermore, the free well being session and screening space, with the participation of docs from central-level hospitals, introduced high-quality healthcare nearer to the folks, true to the spirit of “healthcare for the community” that the program goals for.

The “Comprehensive Healthcare Access through Healthcare Innovation” assembly is a testomony to the efforts of businesses, organizations, and the crew of physicians and scientists in bringing high quality healthcare companies nearer to the folks because of innovation and digital know-how. The occasion is anticipated to create momentum for forming new healthcare fashions, selling preventive medication, and contributing to realizing the purpose of common healthcare in the new improvement part.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology accompanies Vietnam’s healthcare sector with sturdy analysis capabilities, a wonderful crew of scientists, and a pioneering spirit in digital transformation, contributing to bringing modern options on to the folks; affirming the accountability of a number one technical-technological college, pursuing the tenet all through its journey of development and improvement: “Responsibility to the country, commitment to the community.”

Photos: Duy Thanh