THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No.  68/QD-TTg dated January 10, 2014 of the Prime Minister  approving the National Strategy on Vietnam pharmaceutical industry’s development to 2020 and with the vision to 2030
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Law on Pharmacy June dated 14, 2005;
At the proposal of Minister of Health,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the National Strategy on Vietnam pharmaceutical industry’s development to 2020 and with the vision to 2030 (hereinafter called Strategy) with the contents as follows:
I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINT
1. To supply adequately preventive and curative drugs for people with ensured quality, rational prices; in line with disease structure, meet timely requirements on security, national defense, natural disasters, epidemics and other emergency demands.
2. To build the pharmaceutical industry, in which concentrate on development investment to produce generic drug with ensured quality, rational prices, gradually replace import medicines; to develop the pharmaco-chemical industry, bring into play the potential and advantages of Vietnam to develop production of vaccines and medicines from materia medica.
3. To develop the pharmaceutical industry in specialization and modernization, with capability to compete with countries in region and the world; develop a modern, professional and standardized system of drug distribution and supply.
4. To use medicines rationally, safely and effectively; to push up operation of clinical pharmacy and pharmacovigilance.
5. To manage strictly, effectively stages from production, export, import, preservation, circulation, distribution to usage of medicines.
II. OBJECTIVES
1. General objectives
To supply medicines adequately, timely with quality and rational prices according to the disease structure respectively with each socio-economical development stage and ensure medicine usage to be safe and rational. To attach special importance to medicine supply for subjects belonging to social policy, people of ethnic minorities, the poor, residents in remote and isolated regions.