On July 31, 2023, Drug Administration of Vietnam issued Official Letter No. 8345/QLD-VP, amending the fee standards for administrative applications in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics field. These fee standards came into effective starting from August 1, 2023. Among them, the amended fee standards for administrative applications related to cosmetics are shown in the following table.
Administrative Application Category | Previous Fees (Unit: Vietnamese Dong) | Current Fees (Unit: Vietnamese Dong) |
Cosmetic advertisement content review | 1,800,000 | 1,600,000 |
Evaluation of cosmetics notification | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Cosmetic GMP conformity assessment and certificate issuance | 20,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
Examination of production conditions of cosmetics and issuance of production licenses | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
Evaluation and issuance of CFS certificate | previously unspecified | 500,000 |