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Vietnam's Healthcare Compliance Reference Gateway

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.

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Cited reference pages on Vietnamese drug registration, public tendering, pricing, and pharmacovigilance.

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Medicine 2026-10-27

Draft law amending six laws goes to the National Assembly: drug wholesale prices, medical-device price controls

On 21 October 2026 the Minister of Health presented a bill amending the Pharmacy Law, the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, the Law on Health Insurance and three social laws. Drug companies would publish expected wholesale prices with their pricing method; medical-device businesses would list and declare prices on a national data system, managed across the product lifecycle. The bill is still under debate — no vote or effective date has been announced.

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Medicine 2026-08-17

Search DAV declared & tender drug prices on Medibase — updated 2026-08-10

Medibase now mirrors the public dataset published by Vietnam's Drug Administration (DAV) at dichvucong.dav.gov.vn/congbogiathuoc and adds cross-field indexed search on top. Look up declared wholesale prices or hospital tender-winning prices by active ingredient, registration number, manufacturer or country of origin — with the latest sync date and record count shown on every query.

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Medicine 2026-08-16

Circular 32/2026/TT-BYT — new drug-registration framework from 1 October 2026

Issued 29 July 2026 by the Ministry of Health, Circular 32/2026/TT-BYT replaces Circular 12/2025/TT-BYT as the operating rulebook for marketing-authorisation of chemical drugs, vaccines, biologicals, herbal medicines and pharmaceutical materials. Traditional medicine stays under Circular 29/2025. What actually changes, transitional provisions for in-flight dossiers, and what MA holders should do in the next six weeks.

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Medicine 2026-06-08

Circular 18/2026/TT-BYT — special-control drugs

Signed 1 June 2026 by Deputy Minister Nguyen Tri Thuc and effective 16 July 2026, Circular 18/2026/TT-BYT replaces Circular 20/2017 and 27/2024 as the implementing instrument for the Pharmacy Law and Decree 163/2025/ND-CP. Five chapters, nineteen articles, and a same-day reclassification of Etomidate and Carisoprodol as psychotropic substances.

General 2026-06-07

MOH procurement handbook — Decision 1589 (2026)

A 69-page operations manual aligned with Prime Minister's Directive 24/CT-TTg (29/7/2024), built on Law on Bidding 22/2023/QH15 (as amended by Law 57/2024 and Law 90/2025), Decree 214/2025/ND-CP and Circular 40/2025/TT-BYT — covering procurement planning, open competitive tender, competitive offer, direct procurement and designation, for entities under the Ministry of Health.

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General 2026-05-20

Telemedicine Vietnam 2026 — foreign-firm rules

Telemedicine is no longer an exception scheme. From 1 January 2024, Law 15/2023/QH15 codifies it as a regulated form of medical practice; Decree 96/2023/ND-CP and Circular 32/2023/TT-BYT pin the operational conditions; Decision 2628/QD-BYT remains the operational backbone of the inter-facility network; and a data / cybersecurity overlay — Decree 13/2023/ND-CP, Law on Electronic Transactions 2023, Decree 53/2022/ND-CP, Personal Data Protection Law 2025 — applies on top. For a foreign company, the entry path is constrained at three layers: the WTO schedule and Law on Investment 2020 (corporate vehicle), the practising licence and language rule for the doctor, and the data-localisation and consent regime (Decree 13/2023, Personal Data Protection Law). A synthesis of the law text on the Government Portal and ThuVienPhapLuat, the implementing decree and circular, the 2020 telehealth project decision, and analytical coverage from kcb.vn, xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn and LuatVietnam.

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About Medibase

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 and the DAV portal.

Library size: 30 medicines 24 supplements 30 foods 0 medical devices