Dr. Tran Thi Mai Oanh is an advisor on health strategies and policies with extensive experience in health policy analysis and health system strengthening, both in Vietnam and regionally. She has been with the Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) of the Ministry of Health for over 30 years, serving as its Director from 2013 to 2023. Throughout her career, Dr. Oanh has led and advised on significant health sector reforms, including improving health system performance, advancing grassroots healthcare, reforming health service delivery, developing human resources, designing health financing mechanisms, and conducting health technology assessments and developing service benefit packages to advance universal health coverage in Viet Nam. Dr. Oanh has worked closely with senior policymakers, including the Minister and Vice Ministers of Health, Deputy Prime Ministers, and the Chairman of the National Assembly Committees, to promote evidence-based policymaking in the health sector. She was also a member of the Universal Health Coverage Technical Advisory Group for the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific from 2016 to 2019. Currently, she collaborates with the ASEAN Secretariat in preparation for the 17th Health Ministerial Meeting, which will be held in Malaysia in 2026.