VOV.VN - Police in Vietnam’s Hung Yen province have dismantled a ring producing and selling fake traditional medicines on social media, using staged videos and false claims to defraud customers, authorities said on April 14.

The central province of Quang Nam has proposed hosting the first ever international Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamensis, or Vietnamese ginseng) festival next year – an event to push the brand and promote investment opportunities for international partners in the central province.

The first Vietnam International Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Natural Compounds was held in the south central province of Binh Dinh from April 15-17, with nearly 120 delegates, including speakers, scientists and researchers from 13 countries taking part.

The Critical Diseases Research and Treatment Institute (Radiner) of Vietnam and Saidal Group - an Algerian pharmaceutical company - have signed a cooperation agreement, opening up cooperation potential in the healthcare sector between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Several Vietnamese delegates are attending the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, which is currently taking place in Gandhinagar of Gujarat state in India.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has approved Sunkovir, the first Made-in-Vietnam herbal medicine to treat COVID -19, for circulation in Vietnam.

A week for One Commune, One Product (OCOP) product introduction opened at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi on August 11, with more than 100 booths displaying products in many industries such as food, beverage, herbal medicine, handicraft industry, textiles, cosmetics, household appliances and vegetables.

VOV.VN - The Ngoc Linh Ginseng Fair opened on April 24 at Tu Mo Rong district’s square in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum with a view to promoting local tourism development and unique products, particularly Ngoc Linh ginseng.

VOV.VN - Situated in mountainous Lao Cai province, Bac Ha Market is held every Sunday morning and serves as a trading centre for ethnic minority people in Bac Ha district and other neighbouring areas throughout the northwestern region.