In January 2012, the leading domestic real estate developer Vingroup brought the country’s largest international private hospital into life after a record 10 month construction period. Vingroup’s deputy chairman Le Khac Hiepsaid the group would develop Vinmec to become the top quality international hospital in Vietnam and South East Asia. Why did Vingroup decide to jump [...]
A ground breaking ceremony for the new United International Pharma factory took place at the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park in the southern province of Binh Duong on January 16. Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Secretary of the Philippine Department of Health Enrique T. Ona attended the ceremony. Covering an area of 3.5 [...]
On January 7, Vingroup inaugurated its five-star VINMEC International General Hospital in Hanoi’s Times City urban area (458 Minh Khai Street). VINMEC, which began construction in February 2011, covers an area of 60,000 square metres and consists of 19 departments with 31 specialties and 600 patient rooms. This is the country’s first hospital of its [...]
Over 150 companies from 18 countries and territories are participating in the 18th Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo, which opened in Hanoi on December 6. The expo introduces Vietnam’s latest medical and pharmaceutical achievements and displays a wide range of pharmaceutical products and modern medical equipment. This year features special stalls on ophthalmology co-organized by the Vietnam [...]
Only 15 veterinary medicine factories can meet the GMP standards (good manufacturing practice), while there are about 150 enterprises operating in the field. Veterinary medicine manufacturers will have to shut down their businesses and have operation licenses revoked, if they cannot show the GMP certificates by December 31, 2011, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural [...]
After more than 10 years of intense material and labor contribution in bringing Shiseido to women in Vietnam, the 15 investors now believe that the new owner of the trademark in Vietnam is deliberately making a loss, which is a hard blow to their stores in the system. Prior to 2010, Thuy Loc Company was [...]
Vietnam is the second largest Artemisinin producer in the world, according to an international seminar on Artemisinin held in Hanoi on November 2. China is ranked first in producing the drug used to treat malaria. China and Vietnam occupy 70 per cent of the raw material for Artemisinin processing while East Africa provides nearly 20 per [...]
The Indian Chamber of Business in Vietnam (Incham) has organised a seminar on the pharmaceutical industry’s outlook this year with the participation of local state officials, hospital representatives, importers and their foreign partners at Sheraton Saigon Hotel. The event, “Pharmaceutical Outlook 2011”, is a chance for Indian and Vietnamese firms operating in the field and [...]
The Indian Chamber of Business in Vietnam (Incham) will organize a pharmaceutical seminar on the industry’s outlook this year on Friday evening at Sheraton Hotel. Around 100 state officials, hospital representatives and pharmaceutical importers in Ho Chi Minh City are expected to participate in the event. The event will be a chance for Indian and [...]
German joint venture Fresenius Kabi Bidiphar Co, a market leader in infusion therapy and clinical nutrition, opened a new plant in Quy Nhon City, the central province of Binh Dinh, on September 26. The 15,000sq.m plant, which was two years in the construction, cost VND340 billion and replaces German firm Fresenius Kabi’s existing production facility [...]
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