Vietnam Shares Policies on Developing Traditional Medicine at Global Summit

Vietnamese representatives shared the country's policies on promoting traditional medicine at the first Traditional Medicine Global Summit in India on August 17-18, local media reported.

The summit, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Indian Government, is part of the ongoing G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on August 17-19. The event is expected to build a development policy and an action plan for traditional medicine in 2025-2034.

Speaking at the discussion session, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong Lien, co-founder and vice president of Sao Thai Duong Joint Stock Company, shared some positive points in Vietnam’s policies to encourage the development of traditional medicine such as Decree 1893/QD-TTg 2019 on the traditional medicine development program to 2030 and Circular No. 39/2021/TT-BYT 2021 of the Ministry of Health on registration of traditional medicine.

As many as 170 member countries have so far reported to WHO on the use of traditional medicine. (Tin Tuc, Vietnam Plus, VOV World, VTV)