Last week, Viet Nam News asked its readers how vitamins, minerals, Western herbs and other dietary supplements are regulated in their countries. In Viet Nam, this once small health niche is rapidly enlarging, but without any quality assurance mechanisms. Here are some of the comments we have received. Ryu Hashimoto, Japanese, Binh Duong Next week More than 2 million travellers visited Viet Nam in the first five months of this year - 32.2 per cent more than in the same period last year. The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT)'s travel department, however reports that only about 50-60 tour operators out of about 800 firms registered to organise tours abroad are providing quality services at international standards. In February, 22 clients of the Viet Horizon tour company suffered an accident while travelling in Thailand in which one person died. Upon inspection, the travel department found that this company did not have a permit to organise overseas tours. The … [Read more...] about Consumers express fears about dietary supplements