The amended Pharmacy Law which took effect in 2017, stipulating that domestic pharmacy firms receive preferences in bids for medicine provided to state-owned hospitals, has prompted foreign investors to increase investment in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many merger & acquisition (M&A) deals in the pharmaceutical industry have been made this year, in which the buyers were foreign investors. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hau Giang Pharmacy’s profit amounted to 41 percent of the total profit of all listed pharmacy firms in the first quarter of 2016.