Sunscreen pill users getting burned by false advertising

Amidst warnings about heat waves and increasing ultraviolet (UV) index levels, people pay more attention to taking care of their skin and protecting themselves from the sun.

Stroke-preventive supplements bring father and son more than first prize

Lưu Hải Long is only a 11 grader with average learning capacity in Phan Đình Phùng High School in Hà Nội. But he, together with four classmates, surprised both teachers and students. Their project to manufacture nano-rutin dietary supplements won first prize at a recent innovation contest.

Dietary supplement producers must have quality certification

More than 90 per cent of dietary supplement producers in Việt Nam have not implemented Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), according to health officials, leading to fears that without gaining GMP certificates by July next year, their production would be halted.

Gov’t seeks tighter dietary supplement control

The Ministry of Health has urged relevant agencies to develop a Government decree on dietary supplements to control the production, trade, advertisement and labelling of the products.

The lowdown on height-boosting pills

There is no indication that children who are given so-called height-boosting pills grow taller than those who are not. Yet many websites advertise the pills and parents are often seduced by the promise.

 

Fake dietary supplements seized in Hà Nội

Hà Nội police and market watch department’s inspectors have seized nearly 32,700 dietary supplement products without clear origins.

HCM City to spend $893m for infrastructure. HCM City Finance and Investment State-owned Company and Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company Limited signed an agreement to jointly develop infrastructure in the city.

Dietary supplement adverts to be placed under tighter scrutiny Nguyen Thanh Phong, director of the Viet Nam Food Administration (VFA), spoke with Suc khoe va Doi song (Health and Life) newspaper about violations made by businesses that advertise dietary supplements.

Dietary supplement firms need tech support Viet Nam's dietary supplements have the potential for future development, but this is a new industry that requires Government support to improve production technology and expand in both domestic and overseas markets.

Dietary supplements under scrutiny1 The Ministry of Health will act against companies that make unbacked claims about dietary supplements, head of the Food Safety Department Nguyen Thanh Phong told Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper.