The NVI operates primarily as a non-profit organization, with objectives (under Section 21) as follows:

  1. To study, analyze and prepare draft of strategic policy and plan for the national vaccine security, and propose to the Committee;

  2. To promote, support and operate for research, development, manufacture, and distrbution of quality vaccine in adequate quantity for use both in normal situation and in emergency situation;

  3. To manage for integration and drive of the operation to achieve strategic policy and plan for the national vaccine security;

  4. To create network of vaccine expert and coordinate or collaborate between relevant govermment agencres, educational mstutions, international organizations or private organizations in vaccine-related operations;

  5. To be the data and integrated knowledge management center as decision making support in term of policy, economy, and vaccine-related acadenic matter for academic service, data develent and creation of body of knowledge, technology and innovation in vaccine area;

  6. To promote, support or operate traing for development of the country’s vaccine personnel.

And possesses the duties and powers (under Section 22) as follows:

  1. To prepare draft of strategic policy and plan for the national vaccine security, and coordinate, monitor and assess for observance of the said strategic policy and plan, as well as prepare the report of operation progress to be proposed to the Committee;

  2. To promote, support or operate for research, development, manufacture, and distribution of quality vaccine in adequate quantity for use both in normal situation and in emergency situation; and to provide research fund and grant for promoting or supporting the said operation;

  3. To manage knowledge, information and provide database to support such operation;

  4. To support the increase in capacity for selection, receiving and transfer of science and technology from abroad, as well as mangement of the relevant investment project and development project pertaining to selection, receiving and transfer of science and technology from abroad for acquisition of effective and appropriate science and technology;

  5. To continuously promote, support or develop the potential of the country’s vaccine personnel, train and arrange scholarship for the said personnel;

  6. To establish the right to perform juristic act, hold ownership, and have right to possess and right in intellectual property, and have real right operation benefit of the Institute’s undertaking, and receive money or asset contributed and devoted by anyone;

  7. To make the agreement and cooperate with the government agency or private agency both in domestic and abroad in undertaking related to the operation pursuant to the objectives of the Institute;

  8. To establish juristic person or participate in joint venture with other juristic person in undertaking related to the Institute’s objectives;

  9. To borrow money or lend money under personal or asset security for operation benefit under the Institute’s objectives;

  10. To collect fee, maintenance fee, remuneration or service charge of undertaking operation under the Institute’s objectives pursuant to the regulation prescribed by the Mangement Committee of the Institute;

  11. To perform any other necessary or continuous act to attain the Institute’s objective or as entrusted by the Cabinet, Committee, Management Committee of the Institute, or Sub-Committee, or as prescribed by law to be the Institute’s duties and powers.