In light of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and growing public health concerns, the virtual international advisory board meeting was held by HOPE Research center on 13^th December 2020.

We were honored to welcome the International Advisory Board: Professor. Robert Norman (Reproductive & Periconceptual medicine, RRI, The University of Adelaide); Professor. Adam Balen (Consultant in Reproductive Medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust); Professor. Catherine Racowsky (Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School); Professor. Ernest Ng (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong); Professor. Yoshiharu Morimoto (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of IVF JAPAN Group) and all HRC staffs, Professor. Lan TN Vuong, Dr. Tuong M Ho, Dr. Vinh Q Dang to the virtual meeting.

In the meeting, we updated on activities since the last advisory board and discussed on the plans for 2021. We hope that our efforts during the pandemic can contribute to the development of scientific research in Vietnam, especially in health science.