HCM City seizes one million medical masks HCM City’s Market Management Department seized one million medical masks of unknown origin at a warehouse on Lương Thế Vinh Street, Tân Phú District on Tuesday evening.

MoIT sets up team 368 to deal with online trading violations The General Department for Market Surveillance has recently set up a working group on e-commerce to deal with the increasing number of trade violations online.

US patient with coronavirus of unknown origin denied test for days Medical staff caring for a California woman with the first US case of novel coronavirus of unknown origin were unable to get her tested for five days because she had not traveled to outbreak-hit regions, a lawmaker revealed on Thursday.

Court postpones appeals trial on case involving fake medicine imports The HCM City People’s Court on February 10 postponed an appeals trial for defendants allegedly involved in the import of fake medicine for cancer treatment by the Việt Nam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma).

Việt Nam closely monitoring severe pneumonia outbreak in China: health ministry The Vietnamese Ministry of Health is closely monitoring an ongoing severe pneumonia outbreak in central China, as well as taking measures to prevent the virus from entering Việt Nam.

State strictly controls trading, transport of smuggled pigs

The General Department of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has requested its branches in some southern provinces strengthen inspection and control over the trading and transport of smuggled pigs.

MoIT targets contraband, counterfeit goods sold online Jewellery, cosmetics, supplements, liquor, clothing and footwear sold online are among the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) targets in their upcoming campaign to fight contraband and counterfeit goods, and to reinforce intellectual property rights.

Former CEO of VN Pharma sentenced to 17 years for trading fake cancer drugs

Nguyễn Minh Hùng, former general director of Việt Nam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma), was sentenced yesterday (Oct 1) to 17 years in prison by the HCM City People's Court for importing fake medicine for cancer treatment.

Former CEO of VN Pharma pleads guilty The former general director of Việt Nam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma), the mastermind behind the import of fake medicine for cancer treatment, yesterday (Sept 24) pleaded guilty at the second-instance trial at the HCM City People’s Court.

Health ministry leaders responsible in fake cancer drugs scandal: GI Government inspectors have found leaders of the Health Ministry responsible for wrongdoings at the ministry which led to the import of thousands of fake cancer medications by the pharmaceutical company VN Pharma.