In Viet Nam, establishing HTA criterias and implementation in order to identify efficient, cost-effective intervention and ensuring quality of services is a important task that clearly defined in national strategy on protection and improvement of the people's health for 2011-2020 period, with a vision towards 2030.

In the context of increasingly scarce resources for health, HTA should be developed as an integrated part of routine decision making for planning, management and implementation of health insurance policies.

Based on that, Viet Nam Social Security has promoted the cooperation with the United Kingdom Embassy in fields of health insurance through a wide range of activities and cooperation programs.

On 27/12/2018, the workshop: HTA and practical application – a suitable method for developing conditions of health system and patient’s payment in Viet Nam, was co-organized by Viet Nam Social Security and the United Kingdom Embassy. The workshop welcomed experienced HTA guest speakers and 50 senior officials from the central and provincial VSS units.

During the workshop, healthcare professionals and participants shared HTA knowledge and experiences, corporation activities between VSS and UK Embassy as well as the international experiences and their application in Viet Nam. Guest speakers such as Dr. Hoang Van Minh ( Ha noi University of public health),  Dr. Nguyen Khanh Phuong (Health Strategy and Policy Institute – Ministry of Health) and Dr. Vo Xuan Nam (Ton Duc Thang University) had the chance to deliver presentations about method of economic evaluation, HTA implication in drug price negotiation and medical device adoption.

The HTA workshop outcomes are considered positively that contributed to the development of policy making, strategic planning, management and the implementation of healthcare technology. Also it promoted the cooperation between VSS and UK partners especially the UK Embassy in the following years.