(VAN) Food safety issues require the cooperation of not only one individual or one ministry but also the cooperation of all relevant parties.

In the agriculture partnership framework and implementing the One Health Partnership (OHP) for Zoonotic Diseases, on 28/10/2022, in Ha Noi, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development collaborated with World Wide Fund for Nature in Viet Nam (WWF-Viet Nam) to organize and co-chair a Communications Workshop titled “Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) in behavior change efforts against consumption of wild animal meat to prevent the risks of zoonotic diseases outspread”.

October 21, 2022. With support of the International Finance Corporation, member of World Bank Group, the Department of Livestock Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced the establishment of a Public-Private Partnership working group to provide oversight and strategic direction for Vietnam’s Pig Sector pilot program on biosecurity and disease control based on international standards of the World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH, formerly known as OIE).

In the morning of August 16, 2022, in Hanoi, Phùng Đức Tiến – Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and representatives of the two co-chair Ministries (MOH and MONRE)chaired the annual high-level One Health Partnership (OHP) Forum for Zoonotic Diseases, 2022.

On December 9, Deputy Minister of MARD Phung Duc Tien hosted a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding on technical assistance to manage and prevent African Swine Fever in Vietnam's pig farming.