"Al's superior speed & learning capability make it a natural fit for healthcare tasks demanding precision & early detection"

Vietnam’s VinBrain is developing AI solutions for healthcare and has developed more than 300 AI models specifically designed for processing medical images. DrAid, its groundbreaking intelligent AI platform, is positioned as the 'right-hand' assistant for healthcare professionals to enhance productivity and reduce patient care costs. Steven Quoc Hung Truong, Founder and CEO of VinBrain shares key insights into the company, its challenges, and ethical and regulatory considerations. 

How did VinBrain come into existence?

After 26 years abroad, spending 13 years as the Director of Engineering and AI Innovation at Microsoft in the United States, I returned to Vietnam. my homeland, in 2019. The founding of VinBrain can be traced back to a series of coincidental events that occurred at that time, nearly five years ago.

Witnessing my mother's stroke firsthand on one back-home occasion made me acutely aware of healthcare challenges in Vietnam. Leaving my 13-year leadership at Microsoft, I answered Vietnam's billionaire, Chair of Vingroup, Pham Nhat Vuong's call to build a global tech alliance with Vietnamese talents, fueled by ‘forever the entrepreneurship spirit’. Consequently, the firm determination of 18 like-minded talents beside me, who bred the seed of VinBrain in 2019, led us on a mission to alleviate patient suffering and relieve the overburdened healthcare workforce through advanced AI technologies. We aspired to build a health tech company where the core technology was developed by Vietnamese talents, breaking away from the conventional practice of importing solutions from overseas. ‘Infuse AI and IoT to improve people's lives and productivity’ is the company's mission to streamline all its efforts and activities and enable diagnostic radiology and digital healthcare transformation to accelerate to the next level of excellence.

What are the key technological advancements that have propelled VinBrain's position as a leader in AI solutions for healthcare?