The Republic of Korea came second with US$19.5 million, up 2.26% which was followed by Germany with US$18.6 million, up 59.22% against the same period last year.Particularly, drug imports from Canada saw a skyrocket growth of 1076.5% to just US$1.3 million while imports from Singapore dropped sharply by 84.98% to US$322,000.Russia has become a new supplier of pharmaceutical products for Vietnam with a value of US$293,200.Drug imports in the first month of this year hit US$183.8 million, down 17.6% against December and 7.2% over January last year.