The 8th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering (BME8) from July 20th to 22nd 2020 in Vietnam is an international scientific conference that promotes the connections among research, entrepreneurship and education in biomedical engineering with the theme of “Healthcare Technology for Smart City in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC)”. Vietnam is a LMIC, yet it has an intellectual workforce of an emerging country. In addition, LMIC have many unexplored research topics very attractive to pioneer researchers to discover. Therefore, this meeting serves as an exciting forum and a model of LMIC for researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, administrators and policy makers from advanced and LMI countries to exchange novel ideas, discuss current biomedical issues, propose solutions and develop collaborations on translational research and technologies in healthcare applications particularly for LMIC. More information, click here.