The DECISION approving the planning of the overall pharmaceutical development until 2020 and orientation to 2030 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the PRIME MINISTER pursuant to the law on organization of the Government of 25 December 2001;
Pharmaceutical Law base on June 14, 2005;
Considering the recommendation of the Minister of health, decision: article 1. Approved Master Plan 2020 medicinal development and orientation to 2030 with the following principal contents: i. PLANNING PERSPECTIVES 1. Sustainable development of medicinal resources in Vietnam on the basis of the effective use of the potential of natural and social conditions to develop the cultivation of medicinal herbs, tied with the conservation and rational exploitation of natural medicinal resources; protection of biodiversity and the ecological environment.
2. medicinal development towards producing goods that meet market demands, associated with consumption of raw material manufacturing products, build the medicinal plantings associated with processing industry, the wide range of products ensure safe and quality, high competitiveness, meet the needs of domestic medicinal use and export.
3. State support of investment on research and applications of science, engineering and technology in the conservation of genetic resources, exploitation of natural medicinal herbs, cultivation and processing of medicinal herbs and other medicinal products.
4. Encourage economic sectors to participate in planting pharmaceutical development investment, promote export of pharmaceutical and medicinal products, increasing the proportion of the contribution of the pharmaceutical industry in the gross domestic product (GDP).
II. Goals 1. Common goal a) medicinal development into the production of the goods, on the basis of scientific and technological applications, innovation in research equipment select breeding, cultivation, processing, extraction, transfer technology to create high-quality products, competitive on the domestic market , the region and the world.
b) management, exploitation and sustainable use of medicinal resources serve the goal of health and economic development; attach importance to the protection, conservation and development of genetic resources, medicinal value; preserve, promote and enhance the protection of traditional knowledge capital about medicinal use of ethnic communities.
2. Specific objective a) preservation and exploitation of natural medicinal-forest planning, the regions have natural medicinal in 8 key pharmaceutical regions including Northern, Northeast, Red River Delta, North Central, South Central Coast, Highlands, East and West to selection and reasonable exploitation of 24 medicinal species (Appendix I) about 2,500 tons of medicinal herbs/year.
-Build 5 garden conservation and develop national tree representing the Department of ecology, conservation, concentration and new grown many species of medicinal plants are collected in different localities, representing the typical climate to serve scientific research and development of medicinal herbs. Striving to 2020 conservation was 50% and 70% 2030 total medicinal species of Vietnam.
-Focus on protection, the conservation of genetic resources of native, endemic, have value and are at risk of extinction. Each step in the protection of species of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction to sustainable development in nature.
-Prevent effective indigenous genetic resources being stolen and taken abroad against the law.
b) medicinal crops development-development of 54 species of medicinal herbs strengths of 8 ecoregions (Appendix II) that match the conditions of growth and development of medicinal plants by 2020 to meet the 60% and up to 2030 is 80% of the total demand of medicinal use in water enhanced export possibilities, pharmaceutical and medicinal products in the country.
-Construction of the medicinal plantings focus match each ecoregion, scale to meet market demand; striving to 2020 build process and planted 60 species of medicinal herbs and to 2030 is 120 species of medicinal herbs in compliance with principles of good practice standards, cultivation and harvesting medicinal plants of the World Health Organization (GACP-WHO).
c) medicinal seed source development-strives to provide enough medicinal varieties for growing demand and growing medicinal herbs in large scale. By 2020 the supply is 60% and up to 2030 is 80% pure pharmaceutical-like disease, yield, quality of high.
-Rehabilitating, enter, acclimatized, tame and develop the medicinal varieties native to the North is used a lot in traditional medicine.
-Select research, create new medicinal varieties yield and high quality, good features, consistent with each eco-region serves the production of medicinal herbs.
d) gradually increasing the proportion of raw materials are standardized (high extract, essential oils, medicinal powder) in drug manufacturing plants according to the guidelines, good manufacturing practice standards of the World Health Organization (WHO-GMP), striving to 2020, to meet the 80% and 100% reach to 2030 standardised raw materials for drug production in the country.
DD) creates high quality products, lower prices, competitive on the market. Interested in the work of protecting the environment, use the GACP engineering process-WHO, clean technology, environmental-friendly and less polluting.
e) investment to build the plant, processing, medicinal extracts, medicinal business centers to create the market for the supply and consumption of medicinal products.
g) continues to complement development of algae, fungi, animals, marine life, microorganisms and minerals do drugs in Vietnam to use effectively all medicinal resources serving people's health care and economic and social development.
III. Content PLANNING 1. The Planning Department and the conservation and exploitation of natural medicinal a) planning the exploitation of natural medicinal-deployed to investigate, evaluate and determine the number of species, and the reserves are likely to exploit.
-Planning the extraction of natural medicinal species were determined by 8: the Northwest, the Northeast, the Red River Delta region, the North Central, South Central Coast region of the Highlands, the South East and South West.
-Construction planning and sustainable extraction solutions contributing to providing natural medicinal resources to serve the needs of production and use in clinical practice.
b) Garden system building conservation and development medicinal plants-system planning the garden of medicinal plants conservation aims to preserve a strong medicinal genetic resources.
-Develop activities, conservation and genetic resource value assessment, focusing on the genetic resources of native, endemic, have value and are at risk of extinction.
-Build 5 garden conservation and develop national tree representing the Department of ecology to serve scientific research and development of medicinal herbs.
2. Planning the planting medicinal herbs planting region 8 planning focus medicinal species strong, consistent with the climate, edaphic conditions and ecology in order to meet the needs of the market, namely: a) the Alpine region the climate is tropical Asia: Lao Cai (Sapa), Vietnam (Ho Sìn Hồ district) and of Ha Giang, Dong van ( Contacts Management) development, planting 13 species of medicinal herbs including 4 indigenous species: lime, champagne Party, Fallopia, Continue the paragraph and 9 species type: Actisô, eucommia, Exclusive, Contemporary, Rustic, nostalgic, top box, Tam, Piercing the frame with an area of about 2,550 hectares planted. The development of priority species: Actisô, rules, the party of ginseng.
Combined planted with seed production research the species of medicinal plants enter from the North to serve growing medicinal herbs.
b) median mountains the climate is tropical Asia: Lao Cai (North Holland), Son La (MOC Chau) and Lam Dong (Dalat)

Develop the planting of 12 species of medicinal herbs including 12 native: lime, champagne Party, Fallopia, Continue the paragraph, Italy and of course found 7 enter: Actisô, Bach Wuzhu, Angelica, Ocean Orange chrysanthemum, eucommia, figworts, Equivalent to approximately 3,150 hectares planted area. The development of priority species: Angelica Wuzhu, eucommia and Actisô.
c) Northern Mountain Regions: Bắc Giang, Yen Bai, Quang Ninh, lang son developed the cultivation of medicinal species, 16, including 13 indigenous species: Three strikes, polyscias fruticosa, sailings, Gac, Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Useful pattern, blue, ancient coins, anise, cinnamon, Lilac, violet, yellow, flower, of Italian and wear 3 species enter : Angelica, Angelica Wuzhu, dìhuáng with an area of about 4,600 hectares planted. The development of priority species: Three strikes, Gac, the Hoang; sustained and sustainable extraction of cinnamon and Anise on the area.
d) Red River Delta: Hanoi, Vinh Phuc, Hung yen, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Thai Binh developed growing 20 species of medicinal herbs including 12 native: Chrysanthemum flower, bitter, lower Chlorophyll, polyscias fruticosa, Gac, Kay, grinder, white Beard, needs cats Scent, useful template, the Bar Code, and yellow flowers eventually 8 species enter : Peppermint, Angelica, Angelica Wuzhu, wings, Sand, the equivalent, the Calf, the inclusion with an area of approximately 6,400 hectares planted. The development of priority species: all Calf, peppermint, Kay and decimated the United gold.
DD) provincial region in North-Central: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An developer planted 10 medicinal species include native species: Three strikes, lower Chlorophyll bitter, polyscias fruticosa, grinder, Kay, the white sample, need, gold, cinnamon, Lemongrass, with about 3,300 ha of cultivated area. The growing priority species: Kay, polyscias fruticosa.
e) Region: Quang Nam, Khanh Hoa develop the planting of 10 species of medicinal herbs including indigenous species: Abelmoschus Manihot vinegar, lower Chlorophyll bitter, Periwinkle, white bean, bulbs, gold, Cinnamon-grinding, Whiskers cat, violet, Ginseng planting area n of approximately 3,200 ha. The development of priority species: Abelmoschus Manihot vinegar, Periwinkle, violet and Turquoise Ginseng Components.
g) The Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Dak Nong developer planted 10 species of medicinal herbs including indigenous species: Gac, ginger, Sandalwood, white, champagne Party needs, gold, purple, Lilac, Turquoise, Virgin, Italy, of the planting area with about 2,000 ha. The growing priority species: ginseng, Ginseng Pearl Party spirit.
h) South West and South East: An Giang, Dong Thap, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Long An, Tien Giang, BA RIA-Vung Tau, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Dong Nai has developed 10 medicinal species grown include native species: ginger, Virgin gold, Technology, Teh, Endive, sea pearls, Tram, radial contact Cat Whiskers, and coins with the scale about 3,000 ha. The development of priority species: Tram, radial, the Virgin Queen.
3. medicinal seed source development a) study measures for rehabilitating, tamed and enter the same medicinal herbs. Promote the application of science and technology advancements to select, create medicinal varieties yield, high quality meet the requirements for the production of medicinal herbs.
b) manufacture the medicinal varieties served for the production of:-The indigenous medicinal varieties: focus on developing indigenous plants including 28: Three strikes, Abelmoschus Manihot, vinegar, tea, Chrysanthemum flowers, champagne, Party, white bean, sailings, Ye hezhou bitter, polyscias fruticosa, Periwinkle, Gac, ginger, japonicum Grinding, incense, white Metal model, need money, subject Code, gold, Cinnamon cat, whiskers, violet, Ginseng, n wear yellow flowers, Virgin, Continue the paragraph, Italy of course.
-Medicinal seeds was: focus produced 16 medicinal varieties enter to create domestic material sources include: Actisô, Angelica, Angelica Wuzhu, mint, sand the wing, Poisonous, the active, Contemporary, Rustic, nostalgic, Calf, Tam, alisma, Frequently framing, eucommia, head box.
c) build research centers and plants genetic resources at National Institute of medicinal herbs-Health Ministry to serve the research, select, create and deliver high-quality medicinal varieties to meet the market demand.
4. The planning system of the premises, processing, extraction and preservation of medicinal herbs a) upgrade, sync improvements of infrastructure, technological innovation, renovation of the equipment the preliminary base, processing, extraction, preservation of medicinal herbs. New construction a modern direction, sync to ensure every region has at least 1 primary processing plants, extracting medicinal high standard.
b) developed the system of processing plants, medicinal extract focuses on 5 main product groups:-production of materials provided to the pharmaceutical industry, cosmetics, aromatherapy, functional food and raw materials for export.
-Manufacture of products from the extract: high standard, powder raw materials; extracted essential oils, pure active substances. Use of new technology such as extracted by liquefied petroleum gas, ultrasonic extraction.
-Makeup lamina to serve patients by traditional medicine.
-Manufacture of finished products from the pharmaceutical service for consultation, needs healing.
-Research and development of a number of drugs from medicinal herbs have effects on cancer prevention, drug treatment of cardiovascular, diabetes, ...
5. Consolidate, build system, supplying pharmaceutical organization, rearrange the system, supplying medicinal herbs from central to local application of the principle of good practice standards, preservation, distribution and pharmacy (GSP, GDP, GPP) for pharmaceutical chemicals. By 2020, building 3 business center, medicinal supply to control the source, medicinal quality in Northern, Central and southern.
IV. SOME SOLUTIONS 1. The Group Policy engine solutions developed a medicinal) building mechanisms, land, tax policy, funding ... and create conditions for local businesses, people involved in the conservation and development of medicinal herbs. Build and develop the medicinal plantings focus according to the principles of good practice standards, cultivation and harvesting medicinal plants of the World Health Organization (WHO-GACP) for medicinal species in planning, attached to the support policy for product consumption to protect the interests of growers.
b) focused scrutinize, amend, Supplement, issued legal documents, standards, technical standards, gradually perfect the management system about medicinal herbs.
c) building policy priority in production, registration, circulation of products for pharmaceutical and other medicinal products meet the practical and in accordance with current rules, create a favorable environment for enterprises investing in the production, trading, boosting the consumer market Oriental medicine , medicinal drugs from Vietnam's. Priority use of Oriental medicine, medicinal drugs from domestic production in the public health facilities in the bidding to buy the drug from its State budget, funding sources for health insurance and national health programs.
d) formulate and enact the mechanisms, policies encouraging scientific and technological organizations, enterprises and individuals to invest in research activities, transferring, receiving, and applying technology for the production of medicinal ingredients as drugs.
DD) mechanism recommended policy for marketing activities, promotion of trade and promotion of medicinal products brand of Vietnam.
e) reviewing the list of species of medicinal plants, algae, fungi, marine biology, microbiology and animal medicinal minerals; issued medicinal categories banned mining, mining restrictions for commercial purposes to sustainable protection of medicinal resources in the country.
g) managerial assignment and the specific responsibilities between the ministries, local in the medicinal field.
2. investment solutions Group, financial

a) investment priorities for the research work, choose Create and produce seedlings to serve drug cultivating and growing medicinal herbs in large scale; investment for the conservation, protection and regeneration. Investment in building the technical infrastructure for the research work in the region for growing medicinal herbs. The investment of funds of the scientific career to research on medicinal herbs.
b) key investments for new construction or upgrade:-strengthening the infrastructure, technical material for medicinal seed research and development, universities, vocational schools, modern direction.
-Upgrade the basis of medicinal extracts, medicinal materials production, research produced the dosage according to advanced technologies, modern materials contribute to the production of alternative medicines imported raw materials.
-New investment towards synchronous, some modern genetic resources Research Center and medicinal varieties; the Center for research and development of new products with high science, create value, develop national products from medicinal herbs; some drug manufacturing facilities and products from medicinal herbs with modern patent technology. New construction investment 5 national garden serves for the conservation, development and genetic resources like medicinal herbs.
3. Resolution on Science and technology a) promoting applications of advanced technology in modern research, select Create seed and planting techniques for high quality and productivity in the processing and extraction of medicinal herbs to create high quality products, lower prices, competitive on the market serve domestic demand and exports. Use the clean technology, environmental-friendly and less polluting.
b) enter the gene source and advanced medicinal varieties, absorb the achievements of science and technology of the new world to deploy development pharmaceutical chemicals.
c) collections, the successor to the study and experience of using medicinal plants of the peoples in the community.
d) application of scientific research results, transfer of technology, technical progress and new equipment lines, advanced to extract medicinal high standard, refined products from medicinal herbs into raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry and other industries.
DD) capacity, development of scientific research, technology products, biological technology to serve the production of new drugs. Promote the application of information technology on the management, operating from farming to mining, processing, medicinal use in drug production, and other industries (manufacture of functional food, cosmetics, industrial extracts).
e) investment to build the system of genetic resources Research Center and medicinal varieties to exploit genetic resources conservation, development seed, cultivating techniques.
4. Group solutions for developing and training human resources a) attach importance to training of human resources for medicinal effects, have policies to attract and promote human resources experience, knowledge in farming, mining, processing and using medicinal herbs.
b) training and the effective use of human resources, recruitment and training of election made the following address to correct the imbalance between the pharmacy human resources department, note ensure sufficient human resources for the region of medicinal herbs, medicinal development projects. Strengthening human resource development training to serve the investigation, research and resource management.
c) promote advocacy, awareness raising and educational capacity of the community on conservation, mining, sustainable use of resources and protect the environment.
5. Resolution on the international cooperation a) enhance international cooperation in order to promote the conservation, exploitation and sustainable use of medicinal resources and conservation of biodiversity. Scientific research cooperation, experience sharing, attract investment in scientific and technological development in the field of medicinal herbs; applied research and transfer of technologies, in accordance with the conditions of Vietnam, friendly environment to make breakthroughs in pharmaceutical development and creation of products with high therapeutic value, have a competitive advantage in the market.
b) cooperation in training human resources in the country are strong in the work of cultivating, processing, create genetic resources, medicinal varieties to absorb and apply the scientific advancement in the world.
c) expand business ventures, affiliated with the Organization, foreign individuals involved developing medicinal herbs, medicinal products.
V. IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP 1. The period from now to 2015:-build and improve the institutions of governance. Focus on building and issued the policy engine to create favorable conditions to develop the medicinal herbs.
-Implementation of the program, project investment incentive.
2. The period 2015-2020:-keep adding, finalizing the legal text about governance.
-Investigation, build a database of potential, the current state of the species of fungi, algae, animals, marine biology, microbiology and medicinal minerals.
-Build and develop enterprises production, medicinal and business products from medicinal herbs strong enough to meet domestic demand and exports.
3. The period from 2020-2030: planning-additional sources of fungi, algae, animals, marine life, microorganisms and minerals do drugs to exploit and sustainable development.
-Continue to develop the potential medicinal advantages, Vietnam to serve the work of care, protect people's health and economic and social development.
VI. PREFERENTIAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS to GROW MEDICINAL HERBS for priority implementation of the preferential investment project in pharmaceutical development plan to the year 2020, the orientation to 2030 (annex III).
Article 2. Implementation 1. The Ministry of health a) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of agriculture and rural development, the ministries and local construction planning, detailed plans to implement the content of the project efficiently, on schedule.
b) presiding, in cooperation with the ministries of research, construction and the authority issued or issued under the authority of the mechanisms, policies aimed at social development.
c) implementing measures to conserve medicinal genetic resources; have reasonable mining solutions and sustainable use of medicinal resources; build the system of units to do the research work, the development of medicinal herbs; consolidate and strengthen the capacity of the pharmaceutical industry, interested in the development of medicinal products; expand and strengthen the system of circulation, supplying pharmaceutical and medicinal products to meet the requirements of the work to care for and protect the people's health.
d) presided, in cooperation with the Ministry of science and technology of building research programs key science and technology research and development.
DD) proposed the Prime Minister established the Steering Committee to implement the development of the national pharmaceutical to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration capabilities to perform efficient planning.
e) Organization, direction, monitoring and checking periodically the aggregate annual report the Prime Minister results of this planning.
2. Ministry of planning and investment in a) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of health to base the ability to balance the State budget to consider, layout development investment capital from the State budget, the mobilization of sources of official development assistance (ODA) and other legitimate sources of capital to carry out the planning.

b) scrutinize, amend, supplement the system legal texts related to the field of investment, investment incentives create favorable environment to grow medicinal herbs.
3. The Ministry of finance a) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of planning and investment, the Ministry of health to base the ability to balance the State budget to consider, arranged in regular funding to perform the planning according to the hierarchy of the law on the State budget.
b) direction Of the Bureau of customs enhanced management and closely monitor the production and import of medicinal herbs and in cooperation with the border guard forces, market Manager prevents unauthorized medicinal trafficking.
4. The Ministry of agriculture and rural development a) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health implemented the mission science technology in select, breed, cultivating and harvesting medicinal herbs.
b) common research and cultivation techniques, care, prevention of diseases on medicinal plants.
5. Industry a) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of health to manage the trade, export, import of pharmaceutical manufacturing food, functional food, cosmetics, pharmacy, chemical industry of essential oils, aromatic substances.
b) in coordination with the Ministry of health in investigating the medicinal resources survey, production of medicinal chemistry; integrating programs to research and development of medicinal herbs.
6. The Ministry of science and technology a priority) deployment of the Mission's science and technology development serve pharmaceutical and medicinal products.
b) enhance investment in development of science and technology resources for the scientific and technological organizations to grow medicinal herbs. Create favorable conditions to develop the content about intellectual property, registration of patents related to genetic resources, protection of traditional knowledge, the quality standards relating to medicinal herbs and other medicinal products.
c) in collaboration with the Ministry of health to build and deploy effective program key science and technology research and development to promote the development of medicinal medicinal herbs.
7. Ministry of environmental resources and hosted, in cooperation with the Ministry of agriculture and rural development and the local reviewing land use planning and land rental, delivery facilitation to accomplish the objectives and tasks of planning and in accordance with current regulations.
Hosted, in cooperation with the ministries concerned advised the Government issued regulations on the management of genetic resources access and reasonable, fair share of the benefits arising from the use of the medicinal genetic resources;
8. The Ministry of education and training, in collaboration with the Ministry of health, Ministry of labour, invalids and Social Affairs to build the training program and open the industry code appropriate training to meet the requirements of human resources development.
9. the people's committees of provinces and cities under central a) direction holds, the effective implementation of the contents, the duty of local planning management.
b) to base the ability to balance local budget expense layout to make the planning according to the hierarchy of the State budget Law; There are mechanisms, investment policies, attract resources for pharmaceutical development field, especially concerned with the the key pharmaceutical regions.
c) based on the characteristics of local situation, build a plan for timely deployment project, a project in the planning; the Land Fund layout suitable for aquaculture, development of local strengths of medicinal.
d) intensify advocacy, raise awareness and mobilize people to protect the resources of medicinal plants. Harvesting guide rational medicinal coupled with regeneration of new medicinal plants growing development and popularity of experience using medicinal herbs as drugs serving the health care and protect the health of the people.
DD) create conditions conducive to the Oriental Medicine Association level, the local Association of pharmaceutical activity and development, contributing to the cause of health care and protect people's health.
e) implemented programs, preferential investment projects.
g) Organization directs, checking, monitoring the implementation of this plan in geographical scope management; Annual periodic reports on the Ministry of health to General, Prime report the results of this planning.
Article 3. This decision has the effect since the date of signing.
Article 4. The Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of government agencies, the Chairman of people's Committee of the central cities, is responsible for the implementation of this decision.