Advancing Evidence-Based Lifestyle Medicine in Viet Nam
Empowering healthcare professionals to help prevent and manage chronic disease, and where clinically appropriate, support improvement or remission through evidence-based lifestyle care.
Physician-Led. Evidence-Based. Ethically Governed.
The Vietnam Lifestyle Medicine Alliance (VLMA) is a physician-led, mission-driven professional platform dedicated to advancing evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine in Viet Nam. VLMA is operated through a Vietnam-registered legal entity, with any surplus committed to being reinvested in education, professional development, research dissemination, and the growth of Lifestyle Medicine in Viet Nam.
Founded in 2025, VLMA promotes the science and practice of Lifestyle Medicine to help prevent, manage, and, where clinically appropriate, support the remission or reversal of selected chronic disease risk factors through evidence-based interventions in nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, social connection, and the avoidance of harmful substances.
VLMA is committed to improving population health, supporting clinical quality, and strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration in line with the global development of Lifestyle Medicine and the principles of the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance (LMGA).
🩺 Join VLMA - Become part of the movement transforming healthcare through prevention and lifestyle change.
🎓 Learn Lifestyle Medicine - Access courses, workshops, and learning resources, including IBLM-related pathway awareness where applicable.
🗓️ Upcoming Events - Stay updated on webinars, conferences, and member activities.
🤝 Partner with VLMA - Collaborate in education, research, and community health initiatives.
What is Lifestyle Medicine?
Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based medical discipline that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a core approach to help prevent and treat chronic non-communicable diseases, and in selected cases support remission or reversal of disease risk factors. It empowers individuals to improve health by addressing root causes of illness through comprehensive, sustainable lifestyle change.
Healthy nutrition
Adopting predominantly whole-food, plant-predominant eating patterns.
Physical activity
Engaging in regular, moderate-intensity movement.
Ensuring adequate and high-quality sleep.
Restorative sleep
The practice of Lifestyle Medicine is built on six core pillars:
Lifestyle Medicine integrates science, clinical practice, and public health to reduce the global burden of chronic disease and promote sustainable well-being for individuals and populations.
Stress management
Developing resilience and emotional balance.
Positive social connection
Fostering supportive relationships and community.
Reducing or eliminating tobacco, alcohol, and other harmful substances
Avoidance of risky substances
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Contact
contact@vlma.org
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Vietnam Lifestyle Medicine Alliance (VLMA) is operated by Vietnam Lifestyle Medicine Alliance Company Limited, a Vietnam-registered company.
VLMA currently functions as a professional education, knowledge-sharing and community-building platform for evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine in Viet Nam.
VLMA is not a legally established professional association under Vietnamese law and does not provide medical examination, diagnosis, prescription or treatment services.
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Vietnam Lifestyle Medicine Alliance (VLMA) is a Level 1 Sister Organisation of the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance (LMGA), advancing evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine in Viet Nam. VLMA may provide education and pathway awareness related to international Lifestyle Medicine standards, but VLMA is not IBLM and does not issue IBLM certification.