Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Scope of regulation and subjects of application
1. This Decree details the implementation of a number of articles of the Pharmacy Law regarding:
a/ State policies on pharmacy;
b/ State management of drug prices;
c/ Conditions for trade in drugs;
d/ Management of drugs on the lists of those subject to special control;
e/ Drug quality standards, state-run drug-testing establishments and settlement of complaints about conclusions on drug quality;
f/ Competence and responsibility for state management of pharmacy.
2. This Decree shall apply to domestic and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals operating in the field of pharmacy in Vietnam.
Article 2.- Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms below shall be construed as follows:
1. Lawful pharmaceutical establishments are those operating in the field of pharmacy and established under the provisions of law, including:
a/ Drug dealing establishments;
b/ Pharmaceutical sections of medical examination and treatment establishments;
c/ Pharmaceutical workers' schools;
d/ Pharmaceutical research institutes, drug-testing institutes or centers;
e/ Pharmacy state management agencies;
f/ Representative offices of foreign traders operating in the field of pharmacy in Vietnam;
g/ Other pharmaceutical establishments defined by law.
2. Posting of drug prices means the publicization of drug sale prices by way of printing, sticking, showing sale prices on drug packages or outer drug packages or displaying them on boards, papers or other means placed, hung or stuck at places where drugs are sold or supplied as provided for in Article 11 of this Decree.
Article 3.- Types of drug-dealing organizations
1. Drug-producing establishments shall cover the following types of business organizations:
a/ Drug-producing enterprises;
b/ Cooperatives, individual households producing materia medica, eastern medicines and/or drugs from materia medica.
2. Drug-wholesaling establishments shall cover the following types of business organizations:
a/ Drug-wholesaling enterprises;
b/ Cooperatives, individual households wholesaling materia medica, eastern medicines and/or drugs from materia medica;
c/ Vaccine and biologicals-wholesaling agents.
3. Drug-retailing establishments shall cover the business organization types specified in Clause 1, Article 24 of the Pharmacy Law.
4. Drug-exporting, -importing enterprises.
5. Enterprises providing drug preservation services.
6. Enterprises providing drug test services.