2 7 Hanoi Hanoi NNP 7 8 , , , 9 12 May May NNP 13 15 13 13 CD 16 17 ( ( ( 17 20 VNA VNA NNP 20 21 ) ) ) 22 24 – -- : 25 32 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 33 36 has have VBZ 37 45 produced produce VBN 46 47 a a DT 48 55 variety variety NN 56 58 of of IN 59 64 drugs drug NNS 65 67 to to TO 68 75 control control VB 76 84 HIV/AIDS hiv/aids NN 85 87 in in IN 88 96 patients patient NNS 97 106 suffering suffer VBG 107 111 with with IN 112 115 the the DT 116 123 disease disease NN 123 124 . . . 125 130 These these DT 131 138 include include VBP 139 148 Lamivudin Lamivudin NNP 149 154 100mg 100mg CD 155 158 and and CC 159 170 Lamizidivir Lamizidivir NNP 171 172 ( ( ( 172 181 Lamivudin Lamivudin NNP 182 187 150mg 150mg NN 188 191 and and CC 192 201 Zidovudin Zidovudin NNP 202 207 300mg 300mg CD 207 208 ) ) ) 208 209 , , , 210 219 according accord VBG 220 222 to to TO 223 226 the the DT 227 233 Public Public NNP 234 240 Health Health NNP 241 249 Ministry Ministry NNP 249 250 . . . 257 260 The the DT 261 270 medicines medicine NNS 270 271 , , , 272 279 jointly jointly RB 280 288 produced produce VBN 289 291 by by IN 292 295 the the DT 296 310 Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical NNP 311 318 Company Company NNP 319 322 MST MST NNP 323 326 and and CC 327 330 the the DT 331 345 Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical NNP 346 351 Plant Plant NNP 352 355 MST MST NNP 356 358 in in IN 359 361 Ho Ho NNP 362 365 Chi Chi NNP 366 370 Minh Minh NNP 371 375 City City NNP 375 376 , , , 377 380 are be VBP 381 385 made make VBN 386 388 of of IN 389 399 Zidovudine Zidovudine NNP 400 403 and and CC 404 414 Lamivudine Lamivudine NNP 415 425 substances substance NNS 426 428 of of IN 429 432 GMP GMP NNP 433 442 standards standard NNS 443 451 imported import VBN 452 456 from from IN 457 460 the the DT 461 469 Republic Republic NNP 470 472 of of IN 473 478 Korea Korea NNP 479 482 and and CC 483 488 India India NNP 488 489 . . . 496 499 The the DT 500 505 first first JJ 506 517 Lamizidivir Lamizidivir NNP 518 525 tablets tablet NNS 526 530 have have VBP 531 535 been be VBN 536 540 sold sell VBN 541 544 for for IN 545 548 VND VND NNP 549 555 19,500 19,500 CD 556 557 ( ( ( 557 558 $ $ $ 558 561 1.2 1.2 CD 561 562 ) ) ) 563 568 since since IN 569 572 May May NNP 573 575 of of IN 576 580 this this DT 581 585 year year NN 585 586 , , , 587 592 under under IN 593 596 the the DT 597 603 permit permit NN 604 608 from from IN 609 612 the the DT 613 620 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 621 635 Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical NNP 636 643 Control Control NNP 644 654 Department Department NNP 654 655 . . . 662 665 The the DT 666 676 department department NN 677 681 said say VBD 682 686 that that IN 687 689 it it PRP 690 694 will will MD 695 699 cost cost VB 700 701 $ $ $ 701 704 600 600 CD 705 708 for for IN 709 711 an an DT 712 720 HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS NNP 721 728 patient patient NN 729 732 per per IN 733 737 year year NN 738 740 at at IN 741 745 this this DT 746 750 time time NN 750 751 , , , 752 755 and and CC 756 759 the the DT 760 769 following follow VBG 770 775 years year NNS 776 780 this this DT 781 785 cost cost NN 786 788 is be VBZ 789 797 expected expect VBN 798 800 to to TO 801 806 stand stand VB 807 809 at at IN 810 814 just just RB 815 816 $ $ $ 816 824 400/year 400/year CD 825 828 for for IN 829 832 one one CD 833 840 patient patient NN 841 843 as as IN 844 847 the the DT 848 858 production production NN 859 861 of of IN 862 866 such such JJ 867 872 drugs drug NNS 873 880 becomes become VBZ 881 887 stable stable JJ 887 888 . . . 895 904 Currently currently RB 904 905 , , , 906 909 the the DT 910 918 producer producer NN 919 921 is be VBZ 922 926 able able JJ 927 929 to to TO 930 937 process process VB 938 943 about about IN 944 946 10 10 CD 947 954 million million CD 955 962 tablets tablet NNS 963 966 per per IN 967 972 month month NN 973 975 to to TO 976 980 meet meet VB 981 984 the the DT 985 991 demand demand NN 992 995 for for IN 996 1004 domestic domestic JJ 1005 1016 consumption consumption NN 1017 1020 and and CC 1021 1027 export export NN 1028 1030 as as RB 1031 1035 well well RB 1035 1036 , , , 1037 1046 according accord VBG 1047 1049 to to TO 1050 1053 the the DT 1054 1060 Public Public NNP 1061 1067 Health Health NNP 1068 1076 Ministry Ministry NNP 1076 1077 . . . 1078 1080 In in IN 1081 1084 the the DT 1085 1089 near near JJ 1090 1096 future future NN 1096 1097 , , , 1098 1101 the the DT 1102 1110 ministry ministry NN 1111 1116 added add VBD 1116 1117 , , , 1118 1122 more more JJR 1123 1128 kinds kind NNS 1129 1131 of of IN 1132 1136 such such JJ 1137 1142 drugs drug NNS 1143 1152 including include VBG 1153 1164 Nevirappine Nevirappine NNP 1164 1165 , , , 1166 1174 Afaviren Afaviren NNP 1175 1178 and and CC 1179 1185 Abavir Abavir NNP 1186 1190 will will MD 1191 1193 be be VB 1194 1203 available available JJ 1203 1204 . . . 1211 1213 As as IN 1214 1216 of of IN 1217 1222 March March NNP 1222 1223 , , , 1224 1228 2002 2002 CD 1228 1229 , , , 1230 1236 47,514 47,514 CD 1237 1240 HIV HIV NNP 1241 1249 carriers carrier NNS 1250 1254 were be VBD 1255 1265 discovered discover VBN 1266 1272 across across IN 1273 1276 the the DT 1277 1284 country country NN 1284 1285 , , , 1286 1290 with with IN 1291 1296 6,831 6,831 CD 1297 1307 developing develop VBG 1308 1318 full-blown full-blown JJ 1319 1323 AIDS AIDS NNP 1323 1324 . . . 1325 1327 As as RB 1328 1332 many many JJ 1333 1335 as as IN 1336 1341 3,780 3,780 CD 1342 1346 died die VBD 1347 1349 of of IN 1350 1353 the the DT 1354 1361 disease disease NN 1361 1362 . . .