Enhancing Swiss and Vietnamese Collaboration in Mental Health and Traditional Medicine
- SwissCham ASIA
- Nov 25
- 3 min read
Da Nang, Vietnam — November 25, 2025.
Day 4: The Swiss delegation representing SwissCham Asia, Singularity Academy, and the Verus Care Group, led by Dr Urs Lustenberger, Prof. Dr Ying Zhang, continued its official mission in Da Nang with two high-level institutional visits focused on expanding cooperation in mental-health care, integrative medicine, and medical innovation.
Advancing Psychiatric Collaboration with Da Nang Psychiatric Hospital
During the morning session, the delegation visited Da Nang Psychiatric Hospital, a cornerstone institution serving more than 3 million residents across the region. With 38 doctors and an extensive medical team, the hospital provides comprehensive psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care for children, adolescents, adults, and international travelers, including many European patients.
The delegation noted the hospital’s remarkable clinical capacity, with Vietnamese doctors managing a substantially heavier patient workload and demonstrating broad experience across diverse and complex medical conditions. This expertise offers a strong foundation for bilateral professional collaboration.
Both parties expressed clear interest in cooperating on:
Joint handling of complex psychiatric and psychosomatic cases
Professional and clinical knowledge exchange
Training programs and observational rotations
Future academic partnerships between European and Vietnamese experts
The Verus Care Group extended an official invitation for the hospital’s leadership and medical teams to visit Switzerland and Germany for scholarly exchanges and clinical observation programs.
Exploring Integrative Medicine with Da Nang Traditional Medicine Hospital
In the afternoon, the delegation visited Da Nang Traditional Medicine Hospital, where discussions centered on the role of traditional medicine in modern, integrative healthcare systems. The conversations covered a wide range of potential cooperation areas, including:
Joint research and academic projects for the next year's academic conference
Integrative healthcare models and combined treatment approaches
Cultural and scientific exchange on traditional medicine principles
The hospital introduced the delegation to its signature therapies and wellness approaches, such as:
Oxygen therapy
Gardening therapy
Yoga-based therapeutic practices
Herbal and botanical treatments
Dragon-fire therapy
Spiritual healing rituals
The upcoming Five Elements Health Service Plan, integrating Vietnamese traditional medical philosophy with modern care pathways
Delegates also sampled herbal tea products and learned about the hospital’s innovation roadmap for future treatments and therapies. Both sides agreed to continue structured discussions, with a shared aim to develop new joint programs in medical innovation, integrative wellbeing, and research collaboration.
A Strong Foundation for Long-Term Partnership
The engagements of the day 4 further solidified the commitment of SwissCham Asia to deepen ties between Switzerland and Vietnam in healthcare development, talent exchange, and institutional cooperation. The positive momentum from Da Nang’s psychiatric and traditional medicine hospitals sets the stage for long-term, meaningful collaboration that combines Swiss innovation and Vietnamese medical expertise for public benefit across both regions.
SwissCham ASIA is a leading Switzerland-based institution dedicated to strengthening Switzerland’s strategic, economic, technological, legal, and educational relationships across Asia. Evolving from Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce founded in 1994, the organisation has grown into a continental platform connecting Switzerland with key Asian regions, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Greater China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the UAE, Vietnam, and central Asian countries and regions. With a mission to build trusted bridges of cooperation, SwissCham ASIA fosters long-term partnerships that support sustainable economic development, legal and institutional capacity building, financial innovation, technology and AI exchange, talent mobility, and academic collaboration. The chamber brings together governments, embassies, industry leaders, universities, research institutes, and civil society organisations, serving as a strategic hub for dialogue, knowledge exchange, and concrete cross-border projects that advance the prosperity and global positioning of Switzerland and Asia.
Verus Care Group, Switzerland–Germany’s integrative psychiatry and psychotherapy medical group, played a central role in the Day 3 discussions. As one of the few healthcare groups globally specialising in family-centred, systemic mental-health treatment, Verus Care Group shared its clinical expertise in mind–body care, trauma recovery, and relational therapy models. The Group expressed strong commitment to supporting Da Nang’s medical universities and hospitals through joint training programs, clinical observation opportunities, and mental-health capacity building. Verus Care Group’s unique approach—combining European clinical standards with holistic therapeutic practices—was highly welcomed by Vietnamese partners seeking innovative solutions for community wellbeing, youth mental health, and family therapy development.
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