The certification comes after Vietnam proposed the organization to expertise the COVID-10 test kits according to the WHO’s Emergency Use Listing Procedure (EUL).  

“LightPower iVA SARS-CoV-2 1st RT-rPCR” test kit was granted with the code EUL 0524-210-00 to meet international standards. 

Earlier, on April 21, the COVID-19 test kits passed European standards and were granted the CE marking and Certificate of Free Sale (CFS), allowing the test kits to be sold in the European Economic Area, including the UK.

Each kit includes 50 separate tests, allowing for SARS-CoV-2 testing on up to 50 people, and is sold at VND400,000- VND600,000 per test thanks to the subsidy from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Last month around 20 countries and territories were negotiating the purchase of the kits.