On September 5, 2022, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) issued Circular No. 08/2022/TT-BYT on the registration of drugs and drug materials (Circular 08).

Experts from Tilleke & Gibbins have provided updates for the latest edition of The Pharma Legal Handbook: Vietnam, published by Pharma Boardroom.

In response to an emerging crisis on food safety, the government of Vietnam promulgated Decree No. 46/2026/ND-CP (Decree 46) on January 26, 2026...

There is a basic argument that food safety regulations and compliance must improve.

On December 9, 2021, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 111/2021/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP dated April 14, 2017, on goods labeling (Decree 43).

On September 5, 2022, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued Circular No. 07/2022/TT-BYT on drugs requiring bioequivalence (BE) studies and requirements for dossiers reporting BE data when registering drugs in Vietnam (Circular 07).

On May 25, 2026, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 16/2026/TT-BYT governing free-of-charge medicine support programs for medical establishments (Circular 16).

On May 16, 2025, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) issued Circular No. 12/2025/TT-BYT on registration of drugs and drug materials (Circular 12). Circular 12 will come into effect on July 1, 2025...

1. In your opinion, which are the important regulations taking effect in the year of 2016 that foreigners may care about and the reasons for those?

According to Decree No. 54/2017/ND-CP (the "New Decree") guiding Pharmaceutical Law 2016 which took effect 1 July 2017, foreign pharmaceutical investors are allowed to import and sell drugs to local partners in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Health of Vietnam recently issued Circular No. 10/2021/TT-BYT dated June 30, 2021, stipulating the list of substances prohibited from use in the production and trading of health supplements ("Circular 10").

Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) has published for public consultation a draft amendment of the Law on Donation, Recovery, and Transplantation of Human Tissues and Organs and Donation and Retrieval of Cadavers...

There is no denying that Vietnam truly is an attractive investment destination in South East Asia.

The last days of October brought some excitement for one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world, Novartis, when its patent litigation case in Vietnam against a local generic...

On November 21, 2024, the National Assembly of Vietnam adopted a law amending and supplementing the 2016 Law on Pharmacy ("Amended Law on Pharmacy").

In Vietnam, the Government holds a monopoly on the importation of cigarettes and cigars, except import for sales as duty-free goods.

On July 3, 2025, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) issued Circular No. 34/2025/TT-BYT amending some articles of Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT on the management of cosmetics products...

In response to persistent challenges in food safety management and recent high-profile incidents involving counterfeit supplemented foods, infant formula, and health supplements...

On July 1, 2025, Vietnam's Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 30/2025/TT-BYT providing updated guidance on the application of drug quality standards, testing of drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients...

On March 1, 2021, the government of Vietnam promulgated Decree No. 14/2021/ND-CP on Penalties for Administrative Violations Involving Animal Husbandry (Decree 14).