Information portal · Vietnam
Medibase is a multilingual EN/VI/JA portal that collects reference information on medicines, supplements, foods, medical devices, and cosmetics, alongside curated guides to Vietnamese pharmaceutical regulation — registration, tendering, pricing, and pharmacovigilance.
Reference only · not a substitute for medical or legal advice.
Four areas the portal covers.
Cited reference pages on Vietnamese drug registration, public tendering, pricing, and pharmacovigilance.
Search declared wholesale and winning tender prices, cross-referenced against the public DAV portals.
Structured search across DAV registrations, VSS tender results, VFA health-supplement certificates, and hospital tender notices.
Five product categories — each with its own regulatory guides and reference data.
Four curated reference pages, with citations linking to official documents from DAV, the Ministry of Health, and the National Assembly.
Authorization, registration, and post-market obligations under the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV).
Public procurement of medicines under the 2023 Bidding Law and Circular 40/2025/TT-BYT, and reimbursement through Vietnam Social Security (BHYT).
Drug-price declaration, winning tender prices, and the price-management framework under the 2023 Price Law and the 2024 Pharmacy Law amendment.
Adverse drug reaction reporting, vaccine-safety surveillance, and risk management under the Drug Administration of Vietnam and the National DI & ADR Centre.
Five reference pages on health-protection foods (TPBVSK), regulated by the Vietnam Food Administration (VFA).
How health-protection foods (TPBVSK) and other functional foods enter the Vietnamese market under the Food Safety Law and Decree 15/2018/NĐ-CP.
Permitted ingredients, prohibited substances, vitamin/mineral limits, and scientific evidence required for health-protection foods.
Vietnamese-language labelling, mandatory disclosures, and restrictions on health claims for functional foods and TPBVSK.
Pre-approval of advertising content for health-protection foods by the Vietnam Food Administration (VFA), with mandatory disclosures and prohibited claims.
Inspections, sampling, recalls, and administrative penalties for non-compliant health-protection foods and unregistered supplements.
Five reference pages on medical-device management under Decree 98/2021/NĐ-CP and its amendments.
The four-tier risk classification system (A, B, C, D) for medical devices in Vietnam under Decree 98/2021/NĐ-CP.
Marketing authorisation (số lưu hành) and import licensing for medical devices in Vietnam, with the ASEAN CSDT pathway and reference-country fast track.
Price posting and transparency obligations for medical devices under Decree 98/2021/NĐ-CP and the public MOH price portal.
Vigilance, incident reporting, recalls, QMS (ISO 13485), and IMDA inspections for medical devices on the Vietnamese market.
Regulation of in-vitro diagnostic devices and software as a medical device in Vietnam — current rules and the gap in SaMD-specific guidance.
Four reference pages on cosmetic-product management under Circular 06/2011/TT-BYT and the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive.
Pre-market notification (Phiếu công bố sản phẩm mỹ phẩm) under Circular 06/2011/TT-BYT, transposing the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive.
Banned and restricted substances, permitted preservatives, UV filters and colourants under the ACD annexes adopted in Vietnam.
Cosmetic vs drug borderline products, permitted claims under the ASEAN Cosmetic Claim Guidelines, and rules for cosmetic advertising.
Mandatory label contents in Vietnamese, INCI ingredient declaration, batch number, period-after-opening (PAO) and manufacturer information under Decree 43/2017 and Circular 06/2011/TT-BYT.
Five reference pages on food safety under Law 55/2010 and Decree 15/2018, jointly managed by MOH, MARD, and MOIT.
How prepackaged processed foods reach the Vietnamese market via the self-declaration regime under Decree 15/2018/NĐ-CP.
National technical regulations (QCVN), Vietnamese standards (TCVN), and accredited laboratory testing requirements for food.
Mandatory Vietnamese-language labels, required content, expiry-date conventions, allergens, and GMO disclosures for food sold in Vietnam.
Three-ministry split of food-safety oversight between MOH, MARD, and MOIT under Decree 15/2018/NĐ-CP, Annex IV.
Certificate of Eligibility for Food Safety Conditions — when it is required, who issues it, exemptions, validity, and renewal.
Regulatory updates, official notices, and curated commentary
Eight years of regulatory practice under Decree 15/2018 have been replaced — section by section — by Decree 46/2026, in force from 15 April 2026 after a 75-day suspension. A deep, area-by-area comparison of what the new framework keeps, narrows, expands, and introduces for the first time.
Livzon's 64.81% takeover of Imexpharm is the largest deal in a longer foreign-acquisition cycle that also touches Dược Hậu Giang, Domesco, Pymepharco, Traphaco, Dược Hà Tây, and Trung Sơn Pharma — shaped by EU-GMP capacity, hospital-tender economics, and Vietnam's foreign-distribution rules.
Signed 26 January 2026 to replace Decree 15/2018, the new food-safety decree triggered a multi-association revolt within ten days, was suspended by Resolution 09/2026/NQ-CP until 15 April 2026, and has now resumed with only partial guidance in place. A synthesis of reporting from VnEconomy, VietnamNet, NLD, baochinhphu.vn, LuatVietnam and the VIB business-impact survey.
Resolution 21/2026/NQ-CP decentralises Decree 15/2018 advertising approval from VFA to 63 provincial UBNDs, aiming to simplify dossiers; the Ministry of Health retains post-approval surveillance.
Medibase aggregates publicly available reference information from the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV), the Ministry of Health, Vietnam Social Security, and curated reference materials. Every regulatory citation links back to its official source.
The pages on Medibase are intended as a reference and do not replace professional medical advice or formal legal counsel. When using the information for registration, tendering, or commercial purposes, verify against the source text at the Official Gazette (Công báo) and the DAV portal.
