The Healthcare Asia Awards is a prestigious annual award in the healthcare sector in Asia, to honor outstanding healthcare systems, hospitals and providers in the region. The award has a strict and comprehensive evaluation criteria, including: outstanding professional achievements recognized internationally, technology innovation capacity and treatment methods, service quality according to global standards, patient safety level and sustainable contributions to the community.
Surpassing a series of strict criteria and hundreds of nominations across the continent, Vinmec has been honored in both important categories of "Health System of the Year" and "Health Technology Innovation of the Year"; and becoming the first Health System in Vietnam to be honored at the Healthcare Asia Awards.
Specifically, Vinmec is recognized as the "Health system of the Year" thanks to its synchronous system scale, high professional capacity with prestigious certificates such as JCI ( Global Golden Standard for Patient Quality and Safety), ACC (Certificate from the American Heart Association for Heart Association Management and Treatment Program), RTAC (Quality Standards in assisted reproduction in Asia - Pacific), AABB (global prestige certificate for collecting, processing, storing and supplying cell therapy products), international quality health services; sustainable operational efficiency and many activities to improve public health.
In the category of " heating Technology Innovation of the Year", Vinmec was recognized for its initiative to recreate thoracic surgery using titanium in 3D - the first case successfully performed in Southeast Asia.
The initiative not only brings life opportunities to patients with serious disabilities but also opens up new approaches to personalized treatment, affirming Vinmec's pioneering role in applying modern medical technology in Vietnam and the region.
A representative of the Organizing Committee of the Healthcare Asia Awards 2025 shared: We are particularly impressed with the strong and sustainable development of the healthcare system in Vietnam - a country that is gradually affirming its new position on the health care map of Asia.
Among hundreds of nominations from around the region, Vinmec stands out not only for its internationally recognized professional capacity but also for its innovative thinking, pioneering technology approach and comprehensive operating model. These factors have helped Vinmec comprehensively meet the strict criteria of the award and deserve to become the first representative of Vietnam to be honored in two important categories at the same time: Health system of the Year and Medical Technology Innovation of the Year".
Ms. Le Thuy Anh - General Director of Vinmec Medical System, Vingroup Corporation - said: "This award is a valuable recognition from the international professional community for the continuous efforts of the Vinmec team in building a modern, humane and standard medical ecosystem.
This is not only an achievement of Vinmec but also a milestone demonstrating the great potential of Vietnamese healthcare in the journey of regional integration. With a modest but determined spirit, Vinmec is committed to continuing to invest systematically and creatively, joining hands to make Vietnam an emerging, capable and promising medical center in Asia".
With the orientation of developing according to the academic healthcare model, Vinmec is also the first and only system in Vietnam to qualify to join the Cleveland Clinic Connected network - the leading healthcare system in the United States.
In terms of medical technology, Vinmec has invested heavily in modern technologies such as Da Vinci surgical robot, MRI 3.0 Tesla system, CT 2560 sliced, Hybrid operating room integrated with AI. At the same time, Vinmec proactively researched and applied advanced treatment methods such as stem cell therapy, CAR-T cells and 3D printing personalized transplant devices.
In terms of in-depth development, Vinmec is the first and only healthcare system in Vietnam to build a Center of Excellence (CoE) model in 4 spearhead specialties: Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics - Sports Medicine and Clinical Allergy.
In terms of professional achievements, Vinmec has successfully treated many rare and complex cases such as: simultaneous replacement of pelvis and thigh bones with 3D printed bones (first time in the world), tai taotion into chest with titanium in 3D (first time in Southeast Asia), treatment of giaotesis due to artificial joint poisoning (second case in the world), post-peritone Castleman disease or autoimmune encephalitis with stem cell therapy (first time in Vietnam).
