Director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam - Ministry of Health Vu Tuan Cuong has just signed a document on ensuring the supply of drugs to prevent and control epidemics and the demand for drugs during the New Year and Lunar New Year 2025.
To fully meet the demand for medicine to serve the people's medical examination and treatment needs, especially in the work of preventing and fighting epidemics that may occur in the Winter - Spring season as well as medicine to serve the needs during the New Year and Lunar New Year, the Department of Drug Administration requests:
Department of Health of provinces and centrally run cities:
Directing hospitals, diseases control centers and medical facilities in the area to urgently develop plans and deploy drug procurement to ensure ready to provide sufficient drugs, absolutely do not cause scarcity, shortage of drugs for medical examination and treatment for people, quality assurance and reasonable price, not to occur sudden increase in price increase, focusing on supply of drugs, which are available for drug treatment; Lunar New Year as well as drugs for treating diseases often occur in the winter - spring such as dengue fever, influenza A, hand, foot and mouth, measles, rubella, diarrhea caused by Rota virus, respiratory and digestive diseases.
The head of a medical examination and treatment facility is responsible for ensuring adequate supply of quality drugs to meet the needs of emergency, medical examination and treatment at the medical examination and treatment facility; and organizing the sale of drugs at night at medical examination and treatment facilities at district level or higher.
Direct hospitals and pharmaceutical businesses in the area to implement adequate reserve plans and strengthen management measures to prevent sudden price increases during long holidays and disease outbreaks.
Direct the Department of Health Inspectorate to coordinate with relevant units to strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of professional regulations on pharmaceuticals and regulations on production, trading and import of drugs for business establishments in the area. Pay special attention to the detection of counterfeit drugs, poor quality drugs, drugs not permitted for circulation; acts of hoarding, price increase... and strictly handle detected cases.
Direct the organization of 24/7 drug sales and widely publicize information on mass media to promptly meet patients' drug needs. Do not speculate or increase drug prices during the New Year and Lunar New Year 2025.
Assign specialized staff to be on duty 24/7 during the New Year and Lunar New Year holidays of 2025 to monitor, grasp the situation and ensure drug supply in the area, report to the Department of Drug Administration before December 29, 2024 to strengthen coordination.
The Drug Administration of Vietnam requires hospitals under the Ministry to proactively contact drug suppliers to place orders, monitor delivery progress, promptly make additional purchases in case of drug shortage, ensure drug supply readiness, and absolutely prevent drug shortages to serve the medical examination and treatment of the people.
Drug manufacturing and importing establishments must increase supply, develop and implement drug supply plans to serve people's medical examination and treatment needs, promptly supply enough drugs when receiving orders from medical examination and treatment establishments, and must not allow speculation to occur or take advantage of the Tet holiday to increase drug prices.
The Drug Administration also requested the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Association, the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association, and the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Corporation to send documents to member organizations and individuals to implement the above contents.
In case of difficulties or problems with supply, the Ministry of Health requests that units report to the Department of Drug Administration.
