Currently, the State has licensed Covid-19 vaccines for use within the
territory of Vietnam. Because of wishing to urgently vaccinate their employees,
many enterprises have imported Covid-19 vaccines at their discretion for their
own use. However, is this allowed?
The Resolution No. 21/NQ-CP, issued on February 26, 2021, regulates the
purchase and use of COVID-19 vaccines.
As per regulations laid down in clause 7 of Article 4 in this Resolution,
the State encourages competent entities to organize voluntary vaccination if
they have demands and can pay for vaccination at their own expense.
Organizations, units and enterprises are allowed to use funds within the
recurrent expenditure estimates covered by the law on state budget or operating
funding sources as prescribed by laws or operating expenditures prescribed by
laws or recorded as deductible expenses for determination of taxable income
according to the corporate income tax law, in order to vaccinate their employees.
Therefore, many enterprises believe that “importing” vaccines for their
employees’ use and at their own expense is not contrary to the State's guidelines.
However, point a of clause 1 of Article 4 in this Resolution has the
following regulation:
“Article 4. Implementation
1. The Ministry of Health:
a) Act as a central point to
purchase, import, receive donated or secured vaccines; be held accountable for
quality, prices; manage, distribute, ensure public disclosure and transparency,
prevent waste and misconduct as directed by the Politburo, Secretariat in the
Official Dispatch No. 50-CV/VPTW dated February 19, 2021 and the Standing board
of Government in the Official Dispatch No. 312/VPCP-KGVX dated February 8,
2021.”
According to this regulation, the Ministry of Health is the only
presiding entity that purchases and imports vaccines. Enterprises can be
proactive in organizing vaccination and encouraged for self-payment, but the
import of vaccines is under the authority of the Ministry of Health.
Thus, individuals and the State do not have any regulatory policy for
individuals and enterprises to import Covid-19 vaccines by themselves. This is
also an approach to managing and controlling risks because of the fact that
vaccines imported in such a way can harm people's health.
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