Vietnam spends USD3.4 bn on medication
17-Mar-16, Vietnam Plus
Vietnam spends about 3.4 billion USD on medication every year, officials of the Ministry of Health said.
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At a workshop in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan said medicine costs each Vietnamese 37.9 USD in 2015, rising by 10% from the previous year and almost doubling the 2009 figure.
Pharmaceuticals produced in Vietnam were worth about 1.65 billion USD last year, increasing by 18% from 2014 and meeting 48% of domestic medicine consumption demand, he added.