Nguyen Van Binh, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee’s Economic Commission receives the delegation from EuroCham (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam encourages international pharmaceutical businesses, including membersof EuroCham, to extend their investment and establish research centres in thecountry, said Nguyen Van Binh, Secretary of the Party Central Committee andhead of the committee’s Economic Commission.
At a reception for a delegation of the EuropeanChamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham)’s Pharmaceutical Sector Committee(Pharma Group) in Hanoi on June 22, Binh said that Vietnam attaches importanceto implementing social policies comprehensively and pays attention to providingeasy access to health care services and medicines at reasonable prices.
Binh briefed the delegation on major orientationsand solutions of the Vietnamese Party and Government in order to improvebusiness environment, raise competiveness and encourage enterprises to roll outtheir operation on a larger scale, particularly in the pharmaceutical sector.He added that Vietnam wants tobecome a pharmaceutical production centre in ASEAN.
Pharma Group Vice President Nicholas Jones, whois in charge of the Vietnamese market, expressed his optimism about Vietnam’ssocio-economic development prospects as well as the country’s policies andmeasures to improve business climate.
He spoke about challenges facing the pharmaceuticaland health care sector, saying he hopes that Vietnam will make moreimprovements in legal framework, mechanisms and policies, to better accommodatefirms operating in pharmaceutical industry.
The participating businesses shared the viewsthat Vietnam is an important market and has potential to become apharmaceutical production centre of ASEAN.
They also talked about pharmaceuticaldevelopment models and sustainable access to medicines of people, along withissues regarding Government bidding and procurement, property rights and investmentopportunities in Vietnam.-VNA