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After the VN Pharma scandal – in which 12 defendants were charged last year with manufacturing and trading counterfeit medicines, including fake cancer drugs – the healthcare sector has been shaken up yet again. The Investigation Agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) arrested the leaders of BMS Medical technology JSC and Hanoi Valuation and Financial Services JSC (VFS), who are said to have colluded with others to illegally raise the prices of medical devices in the Bach Mai-BMS cooperation contract. … [Read more...] about Stringent measures to clean house at profiteering public-run hospitals

“Tài tử music is considered the prototype for vọng cổ (nostalgic tunes) and cải lương (reformed opera) of southern Vietnam. It began more than 100 years ago and was recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2013.”  … [Read more...] about HCM City offers cultural activities for Tet

The Ministry of Industry and Trade advised local businesses that export agro and seafood products to China to step up monitoring the quality of goods and compliance with China’s regulations on quality standards, quarantine and food safety aimed at facilitating customs clearance procedures. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 26

Also among the orientations are building and completing the socialist law-governed State; building a clean, strong, lean, efficient, and effective political system; pushing ahead with the fight against corruption, wastefulness, bureaucracy, and negative phenomena; and continuing to enhance Party building and rectification in a comprehensive manner, in association with reforming the Party’s leadership and ruling methods. The Party General Secretary and State President said the Party’s 13th tenure is an extremely important milestone since it serves as the prerequisite for the next tenures to successfully achieve the strategic national development goals for 2030, with a vision to 2045. He emphasised the resolve to effectively carry out the tasks and solutions put forth in the documents submitted to the 13th National Party Congress so as to herald a new development phase for the country, with the following focuses: First, to continue promoting Party building and … [Read more...] about New, outstanding issues in national development orientations for next decade

Vietnamese enterprises must be well prepared for legal issues if they seek to export to the US market, a seminar heard in HCM City last week. Tran Phu Lu, deputy director of the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCM City (ITPC), said the US is Viet Nam’s largest export market and major items include seafood, textiles, footwear, and farm produce. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese firms told to be ready for legal challenges when exporting to US