Counterfeit crisis: From medicine to food products, fake goods threaten public health in Vietnam
In-Depth 15:15 27/05/2025Counterfeit goods have long plagued Vietnamese society, posing serious threats to public health, eroding consumer trust, and frustrating authorities.
Ho Chi Minh City launches crackdown on counterfeit medicines, medical devices
Ho Chi Minh City 12:32 18/05/2025The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on Saturday issued an urgent directive requiring all hospitals, healthcare facilities, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for the Quality Control of Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, and pharmaceutical businesses to immediately review and report any counterfeit medicines, medical devices, or dietary supplements in circulation.
Consumers alarmed after fake product scandal linked to medicine supplier in Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:57 13/05/2025Some consumers have voiced their concerns after discovering that several health supplements purchased from the popular Pharmacity pharmacy chain were manufactured by a company recently prosecuted for producing counterfeit goods.
Hanoi detects workshop suspected of manufacturing counterfeit medicines
Vietnam News 10:13 08/10/2022Ninety kilograms of semi-finished pink tablets were detected at the venue
Ho Chi Minh City police detain seven in massive counterfeit drug ring
Vietnam News 18:30 11/06/2022Police seized some 1.2 million fake pills in the case
Cuba sends medicine, health experts to Vietnam for COVID-19 fight
Vietnam News 17:17 06/08/2020The medicine has been immediately transferred to Da Nang and Quang Nam, Vietnam’s current outbreak epicenters
Vietnam resumes export of drugs used in COVID-19 treatment
Vietnam News 15:26 07/05/2020The nation started to cease exporting 37 drugs used in COVID-19 treatment on April 16
'Rapid alcohol detox' pills sought after in Vietnam amidst new law on drunk driving
Vietnam News 12:02 05/01/2020A pill costs only VND10,000 (US$0.43)
Ex-director of Vietnamese pharmaceutical firm jailed for trading fake cancer medicine
Vietnam News 11:36 02/10/2019He had imported the fake drugs from Canada and was about to distribute them in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese toddler in critical condition after getting four painkillers a day
Vietnam News 17:06 15/08/2019Doctors believed his condition could become fatal if he does not undergo a liver transplant
Leaders of drug companies nabbed for running counterfeit medicine ring in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:30 31/07/2019The ring leaders are deputy director and director of two separate pharmaceutical firms in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese 11th graders invent medicine-distributing robot
Education 16:36 26/05/2019The invention is expected to solve the problem of distributing medicine at understaffed and overcrowded hospitals in Vietnam
