ASEAN Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements Product Working Group Meets in Da Nang
Publish date 20-05-2017 17:31, Lượt xem: 421

The 27th meeting of the ASEAN Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements Product Working Group (TMHS PWG) opened in Da Nang on 18 May under the chairmanship of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health’s Agency of Food Safety.

In attendance were more than 150 delegates from traditional medicine and health supplement management agencies and observers in Viet Nam and other ASEAN countries.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong said that Viet Nam has made substantial contributions to the food and pharmaceutical industries as well as economic growth in ASEAN.

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 Viet Nam 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.

Mr Cuong called for ASEAN’s investment and cooperation with Viet Nam in the industry, thus helping Vietnamese people access more products with good quality and reasonable prices.

At the 2-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 traditional medicine production.

From 15 to 17 May, representatives of regional countries convened a meeting on the ASEAN regulatory framework on traditional medicines and health supplements, 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.

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