Vietnam's three vaccine plants meet WHO standards

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam now has three of the six existing vaccine
production facilities meeting the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
requirements set by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang released the news at a meeting to
review the UNICEF-financed activities conducted by the National Institute
for Control of Vaccines and Bio-chemicals from 2006-2008.

According to the deputy minister, Vietnam is one of few member countries
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) whose vaccine
factories have met standards of the WTO.-Enditem