Official Letter 3656/QLD-KD: drug businesses must register on the national Pharmaceutical Database System (4 October 2026 deadline has passed)
The Drug Administration of Vietnam asks manufacturers, exporters, importers and storage-service providers of drugs and drug materials to register at csdlduoc.com.vn and connect their data, while provincial Departments of Health onboard wholesalers and pharmacies. The deadline was 4 October 2026; facilities not yet registered should do so now.
Update, 8 November 2026: the deadline in the letter (4 October 2026) has passed. Facilities without an approved account should register now; the letter does not say what happens if registration is late.
On 29 September 2026 the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV), under the Ministry of Health, issued Official Letter 3656/QLD-KD. It asks manufacturers, exporters, importers and storage-service providers of drugs and drug materials to register accounts and connect their data on the national Pharmaceutical Database System at https://csdlduoc.com.vn/. Provincial Departments of Health must get drug wholesalers and retail pharmacies in their areas registered and approve their accounts. The letter sets a deadline of 4 October 2026 for registration, account approval and data connection.
What the document is and who issued it The letter is an implementation instruction from DAV, signed by Deputy Director Le Viet Dung on behalf of the Director. It carries out the Ministry of Health's deployment plan for the Pharmaceutical Database System, issued under Decision 1867/QD-BYT of 24 June 2026. Its stated aim is consistent use of the data for state management of pharmaceuticals.
Note: in the text taken from the digitally signed PDF, the number and date fields are blank because the digital signature fills them in. The number 3656 and the date 29 September 2026 come from DAV's publication page.
Manufacturers, exporters, importers and storage providers (Item 1)
- Register an account on the System at https://csdlduoc.com.vn/ without delay. Enter complete and accurate company details and an email address, which will receive the approval result and login credentials (point a).
- Create, update and connect the data that falls within the company's scope of activity. Follow the guidance in Decision 232/QD-TTYQG of 17 July 2026, issued by the National Health Information Center (point b).
- The head of the facility must organise the work, assign staff to use the System and monitor the data-connection status, and report any difficulties promptly to get support (point c).
The letter does not say which authority approves accounts for this group.
Provincial Departments of Health (Item 2)
- Inform, guide and push drug and drug-material wholesalers and retail pharmacies in their province to register and use the System (point a).
- Review and update the list of facilities they manage on the System, check it against registration details, review applications and approve accounts within their authority (point b).
Deadline and effect
- Deadline: registration, account approval and data connection were to be completed before 4 October 2026, less than a week after the letter was issued. That deadline has passed.
- The letter sets no separate effective date and has no transitional provisions. It does not say what happens if a facility misses the deadline.
- The letter does not mention foreign companies or representative offices. It is addressed to pharmaceutical facilities operating in Vietnam.
What affected companies should do
- Check whether your facility has an approved account on csdlduoc.com.vn. If it does not, register now, because the deadline in the letter has passed.
- Get the guidance in Decision 232/QD-TTYQG and use it to identify which data you must create, update and connect.
- Name a responsible staff member to monitor the data-connection status.
- Foreign companies whose products are distributed in Vietnam should confirm that their importers, distributors and storage providers have completed registration.
- Support contact named in the letter: pharmacist Nguyen Tung Duong, Pharmaceutical Business Management Division, DAV; phone 0365.060.760.
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