Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien replied drug price control issues

Questions about the management of prices of essential commodities, including drug prices, delegate Nguyen Sy Cuong (Ninh Thuan) said: Medicines which is an essential commodity, because the 90 million people who have to use to medicines, but the management has been neglected, greatly affected the lives, difficulties for people. In fact, the consumption of drugs in the market due to the system of private medicine distribution accounts for 65-70%. Therefore, delegates questioned Gang: "The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health will do and coordinate how to manage drug prices next time"?