The Hanoitimes - With the government’s new policies, it is forecast that more foreign companies will enter the Vietnamese market to cash in on the country’s growing medicine demands. Pharmaceutical retail market heats up with big players S.Korea, Japan investors target Vietnam's logistics, infras and pharmaceuticals Foreign investors promote M&A with Vietnam’s pharmacy firms Vingroup steps into pharmaceutical industry with its Vinfa brand It is now easier for foreign companies to join the Vietnamese pharmaceutical market, buoyed by recently-loosened business conditions regarding drug registration and imports. Vietnam’s drug imports increased by 8.8 percent last year to US$3.7 billion The Ministry of Health (MoH) has recently issued two new decrees – Decree No.155/2018/ND-CP and Decree No.169/2018/ND-CP, which revise a number of regulations under Decree No.54/2017/ND-CP and Decree No.36/2016/ND-CP, respectively. Previously, with … [Read more...] about Vietnam opens up pharma import market for foreign businesses
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Vietnam opens second trade promotion office in China
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday attended the opening ceremony of Viet Nam’s second trade promotion office in Hangzhou of China’s Zhejiang province. The opening ceremony of Viet Nam's second trade promotion office in Hangzhou takes place in Shanghai on November 5, 2018 as part of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc's tour to China to attend the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2018. Photo: VGP The new office is part of the two countries’ efforts to realize the outcomes of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s official visit to Viet Nam in November last year. Viet Nam launched first trade promotion office in Chongqing in May 2015 with an aim to boost bilateral trade exchanges. China is Viet Nam’s biggest trade partner with the two-way trade value reaching US$76 billion in the first nine months of 2018, up 18.9% from the previous year but Viet Nam posted a trade deficit of US$18.45 billion. The Northern neighbor poured US$2.17 … [Read more...] about Vietnam opens second trade promotion office in China
Japan-Vietnam Festival 2016 back to HCMC
Expat Interest Japan-Vietnam Festival 2016 back to HCMC The Saigon Times Daily Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016,22:38 (GMT+7) Japan-Vietnam Festival 2016 back to HCMCThe Saigon Times Daily The Japan-Vietnam Festival 2016 will be held at the September 23 Park in HCMC on November 18-20 - PHOTO: TTXVN The Japan-Vietnam Festival, themed “Joining hand”, will take place on November 18-20 at the September 23 Park in HCMC’s District 1, reports Voice of HCMC. Le Thanh Liem, vice chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee, last week had a meeting with Tsutomu Takebe, a special advisor of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance and head of the organizational board, to discuss the forthcoming festival in the city. At the meeting, Tsutomu Takebe said the event would include art and entertainment performances, trade promotion activities, and agricultural workshops. The event is a cultural exchange program to promote … [Read more...] about Japan-Vietnam Festival 2016 back to HCMC
Training course on high blood pressure, diabetes management opens
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam National Administration of Medical Services and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam opened a training course in Hanoi on May 7 for lecturers major in high blood pressure and diabetes management in communal medical stations. Speaking at the event, Deputy Health Minister Assoc. Prof Pham Le Tuan said under Resolution No.20-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 by the Party Central Committee on the protection, care and improvement of public health in the new situation, 95 percent of medical stations in wards, communes and townships will prevent, manage and treat several non-communicable diseases by 2025 and the rate will reach 100 percent by 2030. Earlier, the Prime Minister approved Decision No.376/QD-TTg dated March 20, 2015 on the national strategy on preventing non-communicable diseases for the 2015-2025 period and Decision No.2348/QD-TTg dated December 5, 2016 on strengthening health care at the grassroots … [Read more...] about Training course on high blood pressure, diabetes management opens
Myanmar State Counsellor’s Vietnam visit to tighten bilateral ties
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met on the sidelines of ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in January (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The upcoming visit to Vietnam from April 19-20 by Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to strengthen bilateral ties and tighten the Vietnam-Myanmar comprehensive cooperative partnership. This is the first official visit to Vietnam by Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also Myanmar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the President’s Office. The visit, made at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, takes place in a context of increased political trust and cooperation between the two nations. Vietnam and Myanmar set up diplomatic ties on May 28, 1975. However, the bilateral relationship was formed earlier. In 1947, when fighting French colonialists, Vietnam opened an information agency in Myanmar’s Yangon, which was elevated to a … [Read more...] about Myanmar State Counsellor’s Vietnam visit to tighten bilateral ties