Mission
Support Vietnam to generate, manage, and use high-quality HIV data to guide epidemic control and strengthen sustainable public health systems.
Turning HIV data into public health action.
The Strategic Information Branch supports Vietnam to generate, manage, and use high-quality HIV data for epidemic intelligence, program management, data quality, digital health systems, and analytic capacity.
01 · About us
A trusted bridge from systems to decisions.
Our mission, vision, and proposed strategic priorities for strengthening HIV strategic information in Vietnam.
Vision
By 2028, Vietnam has a government-led, secure, interoperable, and sustainable HIV strategic information system.
Working principle
Advanced analytics and AI are bounded capabilities, applied only where practical value is clear and human review remains central.
Strategic priorities
Five focus areas for epidemic control
Strengthen HIV epidemic intelligence
Use surveillance, program, laboratory, and geospatial data to understand transmission and service gaps.
Improve data quality, timeliness, and use
Routine DQA, indicator alignment, verification, and quarterly review for action.
Modernize national HIV data systems
Sustain HIV-INFO 4.0, HMED/ARV Logbook, and eClinica/iCare with interoperability and cybersecurity.
Apply AI to program performance
Support data checks and analytic workflows without unapproved patient-identifiable data.
Transform workforce capacity
Expand mentorship, Vietnamese-language knowledge support, training, and practical job aids.
02 · Technical workstreams
Capabilities organized around use.
Each workstream can later carry validated objectives, geographic coverage, partners, outputs, and outcome measures.
HIV surveillance
Case-based surveillance, HSS/HSS+, key population surveillance, population size estimation, recency, HIVDR, and molecular surveillance.
Program monitoring
Testing, treatment and care cascade monitoring, routine program review, DQA, and data use for service delivery.
Digital health systems
Data integration, interoperability, cybersecurity, standards, transition planning, and domestic ownership.
Analytics and modeling
Epidemiological analysis, estimates, modeling, geospatial intelligence, and responsible AI-assisted workflows.
Capacity building
Technical assistance, mentoring, training, job aids, and Vietnamese-language knowledge products.
Scientific dissemination
Operational research, publications, technical briefs, presentations, and learning products.
03 · Portfolio explorer
Projects and programs.
Demonstration records only. Replace with approved project metadata, links, and results.
National HIV Data Transition Roadmap
Align data fields, metric indicators, governance, and system priorities through health-system restructuring.
National DQA Tool Rollout
Support routine data quality assessment and quarterly site- and province-level review for action.
HIV Epidemic Intelligence
Bring together surveillance, program, laboratory, and geospatial signals to identify service gaps.
Responsible AI Readiness
Assess practical, bounded use cases for data checks, reporting support, and program performance analytics.
Government Ownership Transition
Define hosting, cybersecurity, maintenance, financing, and routine analytic workflows for sustainability.
Quarterly Data Use for Action
Strengthen documented review cycles that connect indicators to program decisions and follow-up.
No matching demonstration projects.
04 · Achievements and impact
Make progress visible—and traceable.
Placeholder dashboard. Every published statistic should carry an approved source and reporting period.
Illustrative system adoption
Demonstration values · not official reporting
Activity footprint
Illustrative geography placeholder
06 · Strategic roadmap
Prepare. Scale. Sustain.
Proposed transition framing from the supplied portfolio. Distinguish approved commitments from concepts under discussion.
Build the foundation
- Finalize transition roadmap
- Align data fields and metric indicators
- Roll out national DQA tool
- Assess AI readiness and pilots
Expand use and integration
- Scale routine DQA and dashboards
- Expand approved system linkages
- Strengthen quarterly data review
- Support action at site and province level
Transfer and embed
- Finalize ownership and hosting
- Strengthen cybersecurity and maintenance
- Establish financing and workflows
- Embed responsible AI under review
02 · Our team
People behind the information systems.
These are role-based demonstration profiles. Replace names, bios, responsibilities, and photographs only after SI Branch approval.
NQ
Branch Chief
Dr. Nguyen Cuong Quoc
Leads the Strategic Information Branch and its work in HIV data, epidemiological intelligence, data systems, and responsible public health innovation.
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER
Name to be confirmed · Surveillance & Analytics
Epidemic intelligence
Supports surveillance design, epidemiological analysis, estimates, modeling, and translation of signals into actionable program intelligence.
Approved professional photo, biography, contact details, and selected contributions required.
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER
Name to be confirmed · Data Systems & Quality
Data systems and use
Supports data quality, interoperability, DQA, digital health modernization, and sustainable national and provincial technical capacity.
Approved professional photo, biography, contact details, and selected contributions required.
07 · Publications and reports
Evidence, guidance, and learning products.
A dedicated repository for peer-reviewed articles, reports, technical briefs, guidelines, presentations, training materials, and approved visualization products.
DGHT Strategic Information Branch Portfolio
Mission, vision, strategic priorities, core systems, measures of success, activities, partnerships, and governance considerations for FY2026–FY2028.
National HIV data quality and use brief
Placeholder for an approved brief describing routine DQA, quarterly review, data verification, and documented program action.
HIV strategic information implementation guidance
Placeholder for approved guidance, standard operating procedures, or job aids related to surveillance and digital health systems.
Peer-reviewed scientific outputs
Placeholder collection for approved articles, abstracts, DOI links, author lists, and related project records.
Surveillance and epidemiological reports
Placeholder collection for approved national, regional, or provincial surveillance reports and analytical products.
Capacity-building and mentoring materials
Placeholder collection for approved slide decks, training packages, Vietnamese-language job aids, and learning products.
No matching publications or reports.
Publication governance: each published item should include an approved title, authors, year, source, DOI or official link where applicable, abstract or summary, related project, clearance status, and reporting period.
08 · Policy and governance
Policy and guidance that make strategic information actionable.
Policy instruments and technical guidance are presented separately from scientific publications because they define how strategic information activities are implemented and sustained.
Law on HIV/AIDS prevention and control
Foundational legal framework supporting Vietnam's HIV response, including the policy environment in which surveillance, reporting, prevention, treatment, and data use operate.
Circular 05
Placeholder for the relevant circular and its guidance for strategic information activities, reporting, surveillance, data management, or related implementation functions.
Circulars 05/05 and related guidance
Placeholder for the team-supplied reference to Circulars 05/05 and any associated technical guidance, implementation instructions, or reporting requirements.
Strategic information guidelines
Approved guidance, standard operating procedures, job aids, and technical manuals that support surveillance, data quality, interoperability, and data use.
Policy implementation support
Examples of technical assistance, capacity building, interpretation, or systems support that helped translate policy and guidance into routine practice.
Document control
Every policy record should retain the official citation, issuing authority, effective date, superseded versions, clearance status, and approved source.
Validation note: legal and policy references must be checked against official Vietnamese sources and the current approved versions before publication.
08 · Partners and collaboration
Collaboration that strengthens the HIV response.
Partners are presented by contribution and relationship to strategic information work. Exact organizational names, logos, descriptions, and public links require validation and approval.
Vietnam Authority for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control
National policy, program coordination, and implementation partner for Vietnam's HIV response.
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
National public health and epidemiology partner supporting surveillance, analysis, laboratory, and capacity-building functions.
Pasteur Institutes
Regional public health partners supporting surveillance, technical assistance, laboratory, and subnational capacity where approved.
University of California, San Francisco
Research and academic partner contributing to evidence generation, analytics, training, or technical collaboration where approved.
Hanoi Medical University
Academic and research partner supporting training, operational research, scientific dissemination, and public health capacity.
IRD Vietnam
Research and implementation partner contributing to approved studies, analytics, technical assistance, or knowledge products.
Partnership governance: include only approved organizations and descriptions. Do not disclose restricted agreements, unpublished results, personal information, or partner logos without permission.
Leadership spotlight
Leadership Spotlight: Excellence in Public Health Innovation
A recognition story highlighting leadership, responsible innovation, and the use of data to support public health decision-making.
Recognition · August 2026
U.S. CDC Vietnam Branch Chief Recognized for Transforming HIV Data and Outbreak Detection Through AI
Dr. Nguyen Cuong QuocBranch Chief, Strategic Information BranchU.S. CDC Vietnam – DGHT
The U.S. Mission Vietnam recognized Dr. Nguyen Cuong Quoc as the Locally Employed Staff Employee of the Month for August 2026. The recognition celebrates leadership in applying artificial intelligence to public health data, HIV surveillance, and outbreak detection, helping strengthen data-driven decision-making.
According to the award announcement, Dr. Quoc and the team introduced AI-supported HIV data review, developed daily media tracking for potential outbreaks, and shared lessons on responsible AI use with CDC colleagues.
HIV data review
Reported reduction from approximately one workday using AI-supported workflows.
Media tracking
AI-supported monitoring to help identify potential disease outbreaks.
Knowledge sharing
CDC colleagues reached through lessons shared at CDC AI Day in June 2026.