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Somewhere around 2008, the World Bank (2017) began assisting the Republic of Vietnam to be more disaster resilient. This was done by beginning a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) project in the country. This reduced the negative effects of disaster from 2009 forward. In this project, significant upgrades were made to the infrastructure as well as the management of disasters (World Bank, 2017).

In 2015, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Republic of Vietnam, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD), to begin teaching classes in their country, to implement the Incident Command System. Since 2015, numerous classes have been taught in Vietnam (and other Asian countries). USAID has committed to providing assistance in training first responders in the country so that they could better manage disasters (United States Embassy in Vietnam, 2015). This was also done so that when other countries, including the United States, commit to help after a disaster in Vietnam, all resources can be integrated into the response seamlessly.

Reviewing research on hospital‐specific IMS methods in the Republic of Vietnam, a 2011 report by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that all but one hospital in the country used Hospital Emergency Incident Command (HEICS). In looking at the report, the vast majority of the healthcare facilities had implemented most of the guidance on Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS), but not all parts of this IMS system were implemented (United States Embassy in Vietnam, 2015). While later information was not found (in further research), it would probably be safe to assume that these hospitals have implemented the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) and that they have likely undergone improvements that build resilience over the past seven years.