At the meeting (Source: VNA)Da Nang (VNA) – The ASEAN Traditional Medicines and
Health Supplements Product Working Group (TMHS PWG) convened its 27th meeting
in Da Nang city on May 18.
The event attracted more than 150 delegates from
traditional medicine and health supplement management agencies and observers in
Vietnam and other ASEAN countries.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Health
said Vietnam has made substantial contributions to the food
and pharmaceutical industries as well as economic growth in .
The growing number of health supplements and
traditional medicines has helped diversify the food and pharmaceutical market.
Therefore, the harmonisation of domestic relevant regulations and standards
with those in the region and the world is among top priorities of the
Vietnamese Ministry of Health, he noted.
He added the ministry has actively taken part in
ASEAN working groups, including the TMHS PWG. It has drawn up guidelines on
good manufacturing practice (GMP) for health supplements basing on ASEAN
guidelines, and plans to have them compulsorily applied in Vietnam in 2020.
The 27th TMHS PWG meeting was an occasion for
ASEAN countries to learn more about the management and development of the
health supplement and traditional medicine industry in the region, while
seeking coordination to fully tap the sector’s potential.
Cuong called for ASEAN’s investment and
cooperation with Vietnam in the industry, thus helping Vietnamese people access
more products with good quality and reasonable prices.
At the two-day meeting, participants are set to
review the working group’s performance and shared experience in ensuring food
safety. They will also discuss the content of an ASEAN agreement on GMP in
health supplement and production.
From May 15-17, representatives of regional
countries convened a meeting on the ASEAN regulatory framework on traditional
medicines and , a meeting on GMP in traditional medicine and
health supplement production, and another also on traditional medicines and
health supplements of the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
