The main goal of this study was to understand how policy stakeholders in Viet Nam used scientific evidence to inform health policies and decision making, and then to determine where there are opportunities for the scientific community (and OUCRU specifically) to better engage with policy makers to facilitate that process.

In the study, we conducted a bi-lingual literature review of guidelines published between 2015 and 2020 by the Ministry of Health (MoH), and also of published case studies, reports and reviews by national and international agencies within the same period. We also interviewed key stakeholders in the health policy environment about their experience of, and attitudes towards, engaging with researchers and research evidence. Our aim was to generate knowledge about health policy development processes in Viet Nam, evidence use in decision-making, challenges and opportunities to policy and research engagement, as well as how to better engage policy and research communities.

The full report from this study can be accessed here.