On September 11, the United States and Vietnam signed a five-year bilateral Health Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the Trump Administration's America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS), advancing our new model of co-investment in global health.
Through this MOU, the Department of State, working with Congress, plans to provide $98,750,000 in life-saving global health assistance over the next five years, including $21,385,000 in dedicated Global Health Security funding, to support Vietnam's transition to full country ownership of its HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis programs while strengthening its capacity to detect and respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious disease threats. Vietnam is well-positioned to assume this responsibility and concurrent to this MOU, their annual health expenditure is projected to grow by approximately $10.5 billion over the five-year MOU period, from $23.3 billion to $33.8 billion. This five-year partnership ensures that the gains achieved through more than two decades of U.S. support are preserved, owned, and sustained by Vietnam's own health institutions.
As Vietnam charts a new path for its health care system, this partnership is expected to deliver measurable results over the next five years. HIV and TB programming will fully transition to Vietnamese ownership within that period. Vietnam will move closer to its HIV epidemic-control targets through expanded prevention, case finding, and treatment, backed by greater domestic ownership and sustainability. Earlier detection and treatment of tuberculosis will reduce transmission, morbidity, and mortality, while lowering the risk of drug-resistant TB reaching the United States.
This new five-year phase of U.S.-Vietnam health cooperation builds on the strong foundation of our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, complementing our robust ties in trade, security, and innovation. The America First Global Health Strategy reflects the Trump Administration's commitment to protecting Americans from infectious disease threats, ending cycles of dependency, and building durable, country-led health systems around the world.
America First Global Health Strategy Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) signed so far represent more than $24.7 billion in new health funding, including more than $14.6 billion in U.S. assistance alongside more than $10.1 billion in co-investment from recipient countries, building on decades of progress fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases around the world. As of September 11, the State Department has signed 35 bilateral global health MOUs with Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam.
