Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch requiring the supply of drugs and medical equipment must be ensured to keep up with demand.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam affirmed Vietnam’s consistent support for the enhancement of the ASEAN-Russia strategic partnership at the 2nd ASEAN-Russia Consultations of the High Representatives for Security Issues held via an online platform in Hanoi on August 22.

VOV.VN - The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health has requested that pharmaceutical manufacturers move to increase the import of drugs to combat monkeypox, and intensify efforts to actively research and produce drugs which can treat the viral disease in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) has broken up a transnational drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City, seizing 115 kg of synthetic drugs.

Border guards in the northern border province of Dien Bien said they have broken two drug trafficking rings dealing from Laos to Vietnam.

The Vietnamese and Lao ministries of public security will work harder to raise the efficiency of cooperation in drug combat, heard a meeting in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 3.

Molnupiravir Stella 200mg, a drug from Stellapharm J.V.Co. Ltd., has been authorised by the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) for the domestic treatment of COVID-19.

Former Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong was given four years in jail in the first-instance trial of the case relating to the trading of counterfeit medicine labelled as Health 2000 Canada, lack of responsibilities causing serious consequences, and abuse of power while on duty.

VOV.VN - Police forces operating in the northern province of Dien Bien recently announced the arrest of seven men for allegedly trafficking 72 heroin cakes and 552,000 ecstasy pills.

A first-instance trial will start on May 12 on former Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong and 13 other defendants involved in the case relating to the trading of counterfeit medicines, lack of responsibilities causing serious consequences; and the abuse of positions and power while on duty.