The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAVN) under the Ministry of Health has announced that it will not allow the register, production, import, or circulation of any Chinese drug made from human flesh. 
Human flesh-made capsules seized at South Korea’s South Chungcheong. Photo: EPA
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The DAVN immediately sent an alert to health authorities in the centrally-governed cities and provinces affirming the announcement.
Municipals health departments are asked to warn the people not to trade or use the capsules or any unchecked drug. People once find out medicine of unknown origin should report to authorized agencies while health authorities need to cooperate with customs, market watchdogs, and police to tighten the control on the issue.
Relating to this kind of drug, the NIA said that South Korean customs on September 30, 2018 disclosed that they had seized 2,751 Chinese capsules made from fetus, dead newborns, and human flesh illegally imported to South Korea by some Chinese people.
Makers believe that the drug help boost the immunity and can cure cancer, diabetes, and some incurable diseases.
Meanwhile, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said that there have been 18.7 billion viruses, including hepatitis B virus, in these capsules.
South Korean customs stated that the making of this drug is a crime against humanity and may result in serious health problems.
A Chinese health official after talking with Moji Christianah Adeyeye of the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that this kind of capsules has been used in Southeast Asia for a long time and this drug is similar to that made from fetus.
Doctor Tran Van Phuc from Hanoi-based Saint Paul Hospital said that fetus, to some extent, is good for health as it contains protein, carbonhydrate, vitamins, progesterone, steroid, and gonandotropins
But doctors have warned of possible diseases infection from fetuses.
After the news on this drug, many Vietnamese Internet users said that it’s unacceptable to make the capsules available in Vietnam as it goes against the country’s culture and traditional belief.
