A Malaysian Airlines plane carrying 50,000 vials of Remdesivir, a much-sought-after drug to treat COVID-19 globally, touched down at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City late August 21.

Authorities in many localities have discovered many people growing plants containing drugs such as opium poppies and marijuana in recent times.

The 3rd meeting of the AIPA (ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly) Advisory Council on Dangerous Drugs (AIPACODD) was held online on June 29 with a view to helping enhance regional cooperation towards a drug-free ASEAN community.

While gaining advantage in the first quarter of 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak, Vietnamese drug giants are predicted to face challenges in the upcoming months due to faults in the global ingredient supply chain.

According to the service commitments form of the WTO, Vietnam did not commit to allow foreign invested enterprises to conduct drug distribution services.

Facing much tougher competition ahead, Vietnamese big pharmaceutical firms are seeking new solutions in order to delve deeper into the ethical drugs channel to shore up growth.

Police in the northern border province of Lang Son have arrested a suspect allegedly trafficking 60 bricks (about 21 kilogrammes) of heroin.

According to IMS Health, Vietnamese spending on drugs increased rapidly from $27.1 in 2011 to $45.8 now. However, this figure is only about half of other regional countries. It is expected to rise to $85 by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is now an attractive drug market with new policies designed to create a healthy, competitive market for manufacturers.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) estimates that Vietnam has to remit $2 billion abroad to import foreign drugs but could retain more money in-country if it could attract FDI into the pharmaceutical industry.

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The People's Committee of HCM City has issued a list of 28 kinds of trees banned from planting along city streets.

Vietnam is the largest transit nation of the illegal transportation of wild animal samples such as rhino horns and elephant tusks.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the early morning of April 18, HCM City police suddenly raided the city’s biggest night club - 02 Gold Club – on Ho Huan Nghiep Road, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - From July 2011 to April 2012, a family from HCM City produced about 100 kg of narcotics in the southern province of Long An to sell to drug addicts.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City police have arrested four women who hid 4.3 kg of narcotics in their bras, panties and shoe soles.