Photo courtesy of Amalga

The MoU was signed in Auckland on August 13 during the state visit of Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, and comes as the two countries' trade relationship continues to accelerate. More than 70 business and government leaders attended, including New Zealand's Minister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay.

Amalga is a Hospital Information System provider, that brings together patient records, admissions, surgical scheduling and other hospital data on a single platform. The company has served as FV Hospital's information systems provider since the hospital was founded. It is currently delivering its system for Sun Hospital's projects in Hanoi and Phu Quoc.

The partnership brings in CMC Global, a leading Vietnamese IT services and digital transformation company, as a partner that will provide local implementation and support as Amalga looks to grow beyond its existing hospital clients.

"This gives us a strategic pathway into a market that is investing heavily in digital health at exactly the moment our technology can add the most value," said Amalga CEO Niru Rajakumar.

He said CMC Global's "scale and local expertise" would help bring the company's systems "to more clinicians and patients across the region."

"When a hospital's systems are connected, a patient's record moves with them from admission through to surgery to discharge," Rajakumar said. "That means less duplication for clinicians and fewer delays for patients."

Cuong Nguyen Cao (Kent Nguyen), vice president of CMC Corporation, chief sales officer of CMC Global said the company saw "strong alignment" between its digital transformation work and Amalga's experience in hospital software, and that it hoped the partnership would "support better health outcomes in Vietnam."

The deal was one of three commercial agreements announced in Auckland, alongside an aviation training and a separate technology partnership.

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, which helped connect Amalga with CMC Global, said the deal reflected wider demand for New Zealand expertise.

"While food and fibre remain a cornerstone of our trade relationship, we're seeing growing demand for New Zealand expertise in areas such as digital health, agritech and smart infrastructure," said Scott James, NZTE's consul-general and trade commissioner to Vietnam.