Viet Nam
On 25 and 26 August 2015, an International Conference on Zoonotic Disease Prevention and Control: Addressing Health Threats Posed by Zoonotic Diseases - Global Collaboration and Technical Exchange was organized in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The international conference was hosted by the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam and Ministry of Health of Indonesia.
As an adjunct to the two-day 2015 APACI Influenza Summit, a focus group discussion explored issues and challenges of human and veterinary influenza vaccine production in Vietnam. Approximately 25 people attended from Vietnamese government agencies (NIHE, NCVD, DAH, IBT), private sector vaccine companies (Vabiotech, IVAC, Navetco, RTD), academia and NGOs (PATH, Oxford University, Cambridge University), international agencies (WHO, FAO), and representatives of APACI.
Following up the suggestion of the National Extension Agricultural Center (NAEC) as co-chair of the One Health Communication Network (OHCN), the second quarterly workshop and a fieldtrip of the network was conducted in Ninh Binh province on 11th and 12th June, 2015. Besides regular meeting to update member’s communication activities and plans, main objective of the fieldtrip was to visit 2 model pig farms supported by the National Agricultural Extension Center in Ninh Binh province, in order to learn about and discuss livestock production and communication at the local level from a One Health perspective.
Viet Nam is one of the eight UN Delivering as One (DaO) pilot countries which supports a close working relationship among UN partners. And within the UN Viet Nam One Plan and specifically the Health Joint Planning Group (JPG), the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Viet Nam and World Health Organization (WHO) have been key players in the Communicable Diseases sub-group leading to development of a joint work plan and activities such as addressing H7N9 collaboratively through One Health.
MERS-CoV is a viral respiratory illness that is caused by a novel coronavirus first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. As of 22nd June 2015, a total of 1345 MERS-CoV infected cases, including 427 deaths, have been reported in 27 countries all over the world. In Asia, Korea has been the most impacted country by MERS-CoV, with 172 infected cases and 27 deaths.
At the 9th session on 19 June 2015, the National Assembly XIII of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has finalized decision on the Veterinary Law through voting, with a dominant approval rating by 98.6% of total participating Member of Parliament. This event is considered to be a successful development with critical historical meaning to the animal health sector in Vietnam.
Since Thursday 18th June 2015, the office of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Viet Nam has moved to the Green One United Nations House at 304 Kim Ma, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
A workshop to brief and discuss on the results and key themes of the 3rd International One Health Congress was conducted in Hanoi on Tuesday, 26th May 2015.
On 10 March 2015, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized a workshop in Hanoi to launch Phase Two of the Emerging Pandemic Threats program (EPT-2). Mr. Joakim Parker, USAID’s Mission Director, Mr. Tran Kim Long, Director-General of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Prof. Dr. Tran Dac Phu, Director-General of General Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, chaired and made opening speeches at the meeting.
On 10 February 2014, the Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam chaired a meeting to review livestock disease prevention in 2014 of the National Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza.
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