THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence- Freedom- Happiness
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No.1906/2004/QD-BYT
Hanoi, May 28, 2004
 DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON PARALLEL IMPORT OF MEDICINES FOR PREVENTION AND CURE OF HUMAN DISEASES
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
Pursuant to the Law on Protection of People's Health;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 49/2003/ND-CP dated May 15, 2003 defining the
functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 57/1998/ND-CP dated July 31, 1998 detailing the implementation of the Commercial Law regarding activities of import, export, processing and agency for purchase and sale of goods with foreign countries; and the Government's Decree No. 44/2001/ND-CP dated August 2, 2001 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 57/1998/ND-CP dated July 31, 1998;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 120/2004/ND-CP on management of the prices of medicines for prevention and cure of human diseases;
At the proposal of the director of Vietnam Pharmacy Management Department and the director of the Planning and Finance Department of the Ministry of Health,
 
DECIDES:
Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the Regulation on parallel import of medicines for prevention and cure of human diseases.
Article 2. This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 3. The director of the Office, the director of Vietnam Pharmacy Management Department, the director of the Planning and Finance Department of the Ministry of Health and the heads of the concerned units shall have to implement this Decision.
 
MINISTER OF HEALTH




Tran Thi Trung Chien
 
REGULATION
ON PARALLEL IMPORT OF MEDICINES FOR PREVENTION AND CURE OF HUMAN DISEASES
(Promulgated together with Decision No. 1906/2004/QD-BYT dated May 28, 2004 of the Minister of Health)
In order to ensure enough medicines for prevention and cure of people's diseases and contribute to stabilizing the medicine market, the Ministry of Health hereby provides for the parallel import of medicines into Vietnam.