In recent times, the Provincial People's Committee has directed departments and branches according to their assigned functions and tasks to resolutely implement measures to strictly implement the direction of the Government, the Prime Minister and central ministries and branches related to state management in the province according to the provisions of law on pharmaceuticals and health protection foods. Regarding the recent cases discovered in some provinces regarding the production and trade of fake medicines, fake milk and fake health protection foods, on May 5, 2025, the Provincial People's Committee issued a document requesting to strengthen the fight against fake medicines and health protection foods; The Provincial Steering Committee against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods (Provincial Steering Committee 389) issued a document requesting to strengthen the fight against trade fraud related to the origin of goods.
Regarding the inspection of pharmaceutical production and trading activities, the Department of Health has issued full directive documents according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health related to the production and trading of counterfeit and poor quality goods in the group of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, functional foods, medicinal herbs and traditional medicine ingredients to units in the industry, pharmaceutical production and trading enterprises and related industries. At the same time, regularly update the notice of the Department of Drug Administration - Ministry of Health on the suspension of circulation, recall and destruction of counterfeit drugs, counterfeit cosmetics, and substandard products. On that basis, issue documents to the health departments of districts, towns and cities requesting them to be sent to all establishments trading in drugs, cosmetics and health protection foods in the area so that the units can recall and destroy products according to the notice. Documents on suspension of circulation, recall and destruction of counterfeit drugs, counterfeit cosmetics and products that do not meet quality standards are made public on the website of the Department of Health so that all people are aware and do not buy these products and are sent to relevant departments so that during the inspection process, establishments that do not comply with regulations can be promptly detected... At the district level, health departments have consulted with the district People's Committee to establish interdisciplinary inspection teams to inspect the implementation of professional regulations on pharmaceuticals of establishments trading and using drugs in the area, including counterfeit drugs and drugs of unknown origin. According to reports from the units, to date, there have been no recorded cases of counterfeit drugs, poor quality drugs, or drugs of unknown origin in the province. From the beginning of 2025 to present, through inspection, 1 pharmaceutical business establishment has been handled for the violation of "Not opening books and not using computers to manage import, export, storage, tracking batch numbers, expiry dates, origin of drugs and other related information according to the provisions of law" with a fine of 4 million VND.
With the function of being an advisory unit to assist the Director of the Department of Health in inspecting, monitoring and managing the quality of drugs and cosmetics that directly affect human health and are produced and circulated locally, every year, the Center for Testing Drugs, Cosmetics and Food has developed a plan and implemented drug quality control in the area. Since the beginning of 2025, the unit has collected 165 samples of modern drugs, 92 samples of traditional medicine and medicinal herbs for testing, but no samples have violated quality.
In order to further strengthen the inspection of compliance with legal regulations on pharmaceuticals and health protection foods, in the coming time, the Department of Health and related departments and branches will continue to proactively and drastically implement solutions. In particular, the Department of Health will strengthen and regularly direct pharmaceutical businesses to properly implement legal regulations on trading in pharmaceuticals and health protection foods, and implement a management system to ensure the origin of the drug batch is determined. Media agencies will step up propaganda work so that people only buy drugs at legal drug businesses. Steering Committee 389 at all levels, police forces, and market management will implement drastic measures in the fight against counterfeit drugs and drugs of unknown origin. All levels and sectors need to pay attention to continuing to invest in testing equipment for the Center for Testing Drugs, Cosmetics, and Food because the system of equipment, especially analytical testing equipment to ensure the testing work of the unit is still lacking, affecting the testing capacity. Along with that, arrange and build capacity for human resources in state management of pharmaceuticals, especially when switching to a 2-level government to ensure good implementation of state management in the province according to the provisions of the law on pharmaceuticals and health protection foods; proactively prevent and combat counterfeit drugs and health protection foods, ensure people's health, and improve the consumer market.
Do Hong
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