High social responsibility is one of VNU’s inherent values ​​ throughout her development process. This motto has been spread across all fields of VNU’s activities.

Joining the frontline against the epidemic

• VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy (VNU UMP) responded to the call of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health for prompt aids to the southern localities - the hotspot of the Covid-19 epidemic, by providing human resources to fight against the epidemic. The primary duty of the university’s students after entering the epidemic hotspot was to participate in vaccination, test sample collection, and compilation of statistics of patients. Additionally, VNU UMP’s students participated in the early process of treating Covid-19 cases, while the lecturers and doctors of Hospital E were directly involved in the intensive treatment process. These were the elite fighters giving strength to the fight that was going on day and night in the beloved South against the "invisible" enemy. The VNU UMP volunteer team of 5 lecturers–doctors and 20 medical students helped fight against the Covid-19 epidemic in Dong Thap province.

• Facing the complicated epidemic situation, VNU swiftly formed a team of staff and lecturers from VNU University of Engineering and Technology, VNU University of Science, and more than 100 volunteers from the other units to join the Rapid Response Information Team under the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Response. The VNU Youth Union was assigned to organize the volunteers into teams to participate in the epidemic prevention and control.

Scientific research helps improve public health to fight against the Covid-19

VNU’s scientists are strongly concerned about the Covid-19 epidemic’s severe threat to social security, people’s health and socio-economic development. Many interdisciplinary scientific research works have contributed to health improvement, disease treatment, and prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic. At the same time, some other research works analyzed and offered solutions for economic development, social security, education, and training. In particular, these were the research works of high scientific and practical value, providing newly-found arguments and outcomes approaching international standards and all were published in prestigious scientific journals under the world's leading indexes, such as ISI and Scopus. Notably, scientists from VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy studied and mastered the three steps of the foundation technology for producing mRNA vaccines and were ready to transfer the technology for producing rapid-response mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 variants, contributing to the fight against the epidemic. There were also several in-depth research projects on the impact of the Covid-19 on environmental pollution, education and training, …. Along with the core studies, VNU scientists and students have researched and manufactured applied products for epidemic prevention and control, such as hand sanitizers, automatic handwashing machines, disinfection machines for closed rooms, mask reminding robots, among others.

With the determination to accompany the community in fighting against the epidemic, VNU has published the Covid-19 Newsletter. The Newsletter provides specific information about VNU's prevention, control, and response to the Covid-19 epidemic, news highlights, scientific and technological advances, domestic and international knowledge transfer; and disseminates knowledge related to the Covid-19 epidemic.