Vinmec Tissue Bank: History of establisment, scope of professional activities

General introduction

Vinmec Tissue Bank (Ngân hàng mô Vinmec ), a division of the Vinmec International General Hospital Joint Stock Company, is a non-profit multi-tissue bank embedded in the Vinmec Health Care System, directly under the management of Company. Ngân hàng mô Vinmec was officially established in October 2019 based on the umbilical cord blood bank operating since March 2014. Ngân hàng mô Vinmec was visited by Prof MD Ph.D. Luong Ngoc Khue - Director of The Medical Examination and Treatment Management Department and colleagues, who evaluated Vinmec Tissue Bank on behalf of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MOH) on 24 November 2019. Ngân hàng mô Vinmec was officially granted a LICENSE FOR ACTIVITIES OF TISSUE BANK by MOH on 26th Feb. 2020, with the scope of activities is a multi-tissue bank.

Ngân hàng mô Vinmec is invested by the Vinmec International General Hospital Joint Stock Company and Vingroup to invest in the world's most modern and advanced equipment, facilities, infrastructure to serve the following activities:

  • Receive, process, preserve, store and transport tissue and cell samples;
  • Supplying tissue and cells to medical facilities, medical research and training establishments;
  • Supplying and exchanging tissues and cells with other Tissue Banks;
  • Cooperating with domestic and foreign organizations and individuals in tissue and cell exchange; aims at the medical examination, treatment, training, and research in the field of biomedical, regenerative medicine, individual medicine/precision medicine.

Along with the core values ​​of Vinmec HealthCare System “creativity, accountability, reliability, and excellence”, Ngân hàng mô Vinmec focuses all resources to become a world-class unit and pioneers in the receipt, processing, preservation, storage, and supply of tissue, cells, and other biological samples for medical examination, diagnostic, treatment, training, and research in the era of regenerative medicine and individual Medicine/precision Medicine in Vietnam.

Mission

The mission of Vinmec Tissue Bank is to commit to providing services and meeting the needs of domestic and foreign organizations and individuals in collecting, receiving, processing, preserving, storing, and giving exchange high quality of tissues, cells, biological samples, and associated data under international standards; aims to medical examination, diagnostic, treatment, training, research in the field of biomedical, regenerative medicine, individual medicine/precision medicine.

Vision

Become a pioneer unit in Vietnam with a commitment to world-class quality in receiving, handling, preserving, storing, transporting, and supplying tissues, cells, and other biological samples; aims at the medical examination, treatment, training, and medical research.

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