Vietnam considers science and technology as the driving force to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment.

Within the framework of VinFuture 2025 Science and Technology Week, on the morning of December 3, the discussion " Advances in Disease Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment " was held.

In his welcome speech, Dr. Nguyen Ngo Quang - Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training (Ministry of Health ) - said that 2025 marks a turbulent time for world health. Humanity continues to face increasing and complex global health burdens.

Mr. Quang pointed out a number of realities such as: The incidence of non-communicable diseases - especially cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease - continues to increase sharply in many areas; re-emerging and newly appearing infectious diseases put pressure on the health system, especially in the context of climate change increasing the risk of epidemics; antibiotic resistance is approaching alarming levels, threatening to reverse many medical achievements of the past century.

In addition, the disparities in access to health services between countries and population groups are increasingly evident, creating an urgent need for innovation to create more precise, effective and sustainable health solutions.

However, according to Mr. Quang, along with challenges are unprecedented opportunities from the explosion of digital technology, artificial intelligence, gene technology and biological materials in disease diagnosis and treatment.

" The Vietnamese Ministry of Health identifies science and technology as a key driving force to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment and strengthen the capacity of the health system. Over the past 5 years, the VinFuture Prize has created great values: honoring groundbreaking research, inspiring the scientific community, and especially opening up practical international cooperation opportunities for Vietnam, " emphasized the Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training.

The representative of the Ministry of Health hopes that today's discussion will not only stop at academic exchange, but also be the beginning of many extensive cooperations between Vietnam and the world's leading research institutes, universities and hospitals.

This will be an important driving force to help us access advanced technologies, conduct joint research, and bring scientific advances closer to Vietnamese patients.

At the seminar, the world's leading scientists introduced many breakthrough studies that are contributing to changing the way humanity detects and treats diseases.

From phage therapies to combat drug resistance, to the application of 3D printing technology in surgery, new breakthroughs in hearing science, or advanced biomedical technology trends - all are key research directions that the Vietnamese healthcare sector is prioritizing to approach and apply.

Professor Ana Belén Elgoyhen presents fundamental findings on auditory physiology.

Professor Ana Belén Elgoyhen - University of Buenos Aires, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (Argentina) - presents fundamental findings on auditory physiology.

Her research interests focus on the genetics, physiology and pathology of hearing at the systemic and synaptic levels, the mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss and the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to tinnitus.

Meanwhile, Professor Pascale Cossart - Pasteur Institute Paris (France), brought to the seminar a presentation with the theme "The fight against antibiotic resistance: Phage therapy as a potential solution".

Professor Pascale Cossart, one of the pioneers of cellular microbiology, shares her research that has helped decode how bacteria invade the human body and “hide” in host cells. Her work has not only created a completely new approach to infectious diseases but also paved the way for targeted therapies, fundamentally changing the strategy of preventing infectious diseases in the future.

Professor Chuanbin Mao - Chinese University of Hong Kong (China) - brings a promising research field: phage-based biomaterials. These materials can be used in biosensors, nanomedicine and tissue regeneration, promising to open up new treatments for cancer, complex infections and difficult-to-recover tissue damage.

In the field of surgery alone, Vietnam has made a strong mark thanks to the work of Professor Tran Trung Dung - Vinmec Healthcare System.

With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Dung is a pioneer in applying 3D printing technology in the treatment of orthopedic trauma and bone cancer. This technology allows for the reconstruction of complex bone structures with high precision, helping patients recover better function and improve their quality of life.

The surgeries to replace the pelvis and femur with 3D printed materials he performed are considered an important step forward, bringing Vietnam closer to international standards in this field.

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