Box 1.

Existing Vietnamese Regulations, Which Should Be Considered When Developing Data-Sharing Guidelines.

• Ordinance on the State of Emergency in Case of Great Disasters or Dangerous Epidemics, Vietnam Government (2002)

• Decision on Protection of Confidential Information in the Government Health Care Sector, Vietnam Ministry of Health (2005)

• Law on Intellectual Property Rights, Vietnam Government (2005)

• Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease, Vietnam Government (2007)

• Regulation on Information and Reports on Epidemic Contagious Diseases, Vietnam Ministry of Health (2010)

• Circular on Guiding the Confidential Protection of Trial Data in Drug Registration, Vietnam Ministry of Health (2010)

• Official Instruction for the Management of Scientific Research, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health (2011)

• Regulation on Speaking and Providing Information to the Press, Vietnam Ministry of Health (2013)