THE PRIME MINISTER
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence – Freedom - Happiness
No. 151/2007/QD-TTg
Hanoi, September 12, 2007
DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON THE IMPORT OF DRUGS WITHOUT REGISTRATION NUMBER IN VIETNAM
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 14, 2005 Pharmacy Law;
Pursuant to the December 22, 2000 Law on Narcotics Prevention and Combat;
At the proposal of the Minister of Heath,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the Regulation on the import of drugs without registration number in Vietnam.
Article 2. This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in CONG BAO. All previous regulations contrary to this Decision are annulled.
Article 3. The Minister of Health shall guide and implement this Decision.
Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, and presidents of provincial/municipal Peoples Committees shall implement this Decision.

 

 
PRIME MINISTER


Nguyen Tan Dung
 
REGULATION
ON THE IMPORT OF DRUGS WITHOUT REGISTRATION NUMBER IN VIETNAM
(Promulgated together with the Prime Ministers Decision No. 151/2007/QD-TTg of September 12, 2007)
Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Governing scope
1. This Regulation provides for the import of drugs without registration number in Vietnam (referred to as dings without registration number) in the following cases:
a/ They are composed of pharmaceutical ingredients with or without registration number, which are, however, insufficient to meet medical treatment needs;
b/ They are imported to meet urgent needs of epidemic prevention and combat and overcoming of consequences of natural disasters, and special medical treatment needs;
c/ They are imported for national target health programs;
d/ They are donations or humanitarian aid;
dd/ They are imported for clinical trial, for use as registration samples or for display at exhibitions or fairs;
e/ They are imported as non-commercial goods for research and testing.
2. Drugs which are carried along for personal medical treatment comply with the Prime Ministers Decision No. 71/2002/QD-TTg of June 7, 2002, on the management of curative drugs for human use which are imported or exported through non-commercial channel.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Regulation applies to Vietnamese traders; foreign traders; foreign traders supplying drugs to Vietnam; organizations and individuals engaged in the import of drugs without registration number in Vietnam or the provision of drugs without registration number in Vietnam as aid or humanitarian aid.
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