Agricultural Population 

Agricultural Land 

GDP $2 321 million 

GNI per capita: $500 

Main crops grown: rice, maize, coarse grain, tube, vegetables, tea, coffee, tropical fruit trees.

Policies (regarding plant quarantine)

Yes

No

Does phytosanitary legislation cover domestic quarantine?

x

Does phytosanitary legislation cover import quarantine?

x

Does phytosanitary legislation cover export quarantine?

x

Does phytosanitary legislation cover living modified organisms?

x

Is plant quarantine a separate organization from animal quarantine?

x

Other policy initiatives (under review/progress)

Web source for further information: –

Organization of Plant
Quarantine Functions

Responsible Organizational Unit
(Ministry/Department/Unit)

Pest Risk Analysis

National standards development

International notifications

Import:

Import permits

MAF/DOA/PPC/Agric. Regulatory Division

Import inspections

Emergency action

Export:

Phytosanitary certificates

MAF/DOA/PPC/Agric. Regulatory Division

Treatment of commodities

Infrastructure

Year: 2006

Number of plant quarantine officers authorized to inspect/certify

27

Total qualified personnel for plant pest risk analysis

Number of quarantine offices

9

Number of quarantine service diagnosis laboratories

In-country recognized pest diagnostics capabilities (incl. universities, etc.)

Number of laboratories for insect/mite (arthropod) samples

Number of laboratories for bacteria samples

Number of laboratories for virus samples

Number of laboratories for fungus samples

Number of laboratories for mycoplasma samples

Number of laboratories for nematode samples

Number of laboratories for plant/weed samples

Number of laboratories for other pests (snail, slug, rodents, etc.)

Pest-Free Areas
According to ISPM 10

Responsible Organizational Unit (Ministry/Department/Unit)

Overall management

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List of target pest species and crops ISPM 4

Number of sites in [year]

List of target pest species and crops ISPM 10

Number of sites in [year]

International Trade

Year:

Main Import Plant Commodities

Main countries/areas of origin

Quantity (tons)

Seed and planting material

Viet Nam, China, Thailand, India, UK, Australia

Main Export Plant Commodities

Main destination countries

Vegetables, coffee, tea, rice, maize, soybean, mungbean

EU, America, Japan, China, Viet Nam, Thailand

Cooperation Projects

Title (Purpose/Target)

Years (start-end)

Phytosanitary Capacity Development in CLMV countries

2000-2001

SPS Capacity Building Programme

2005-present

ASEAN Plant Health Capacity Project

2005-present

Title of government follow-up programmes

Years (start-end)

Institutional Functions

Year: 2005

Number of import permits issued

Number of import inspections carried out

Number of emergency phytosanitary treatments taken on imports

Number notifications of non-compliance

Number of conventional phytosanitary certificates issued

2001

Number of electronic phytosanitary certificates issued

Number of quarantine pests intercepted

Year:

Top three commodities

Top three pest/commodity

# of interceptions

Lists of Regulated Pests

Year of last update

Insects

Pathogens

Plants

Number of quarantine pests

Number of regulated non-quarantine pests

Number of regulated import articles

Web source for further information: –

Pest Risk Analysis

Insects

Pathogens

Plants

No. of PRA completed and documented (according to ISPM)

Web source for further information: –

Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.)

One in-country training on plant quarantine inspection (16 staffs have been trained basic level)

Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.)

Lack of personel, no infrastructure, no operational budget, not enough training

Implementation of ISPM

Relevance

Implementation

Planned/Actual
Year of full implementation

International Measures

low

medium

high

none

partial

most

ISPM 01 

x

x

ISPM 02 

x

x

ISPM 03 

x

x

ISPM 04 

x

x

ISPM 05 

x

x

ISPM 06 

x

x

ISPM 07 

x

x

ISPM 08 

x

x

ISPM 09 

x

x

ISPM 10 

x

x

ISPM 11 

x

x

ISPM 12 

x

x

ISPM 13 

x

x

ISPM 14 

x

x

ISPM 15 

x

x

ISPM 16 

x

x

ISPM 17 

x

x

ISPM 18 

x

x

ISPM 19 

x

x

ISPM 20 

x

x

ISPM 21 

x

x

ISPM 22 

x

x

ISPM 23 

x

x

ISPM 24 

x

x

ISPM 25 

x

x

ISPM 26 

x

x

ISPM 27 

x

x

Comments/Constraints

Policies (regarding invasive/migratory species management)

Yes

No

National strategy to control serious field pest outbreaks?

x

National strategy to control migratory or periodically occurring pests?

x

National strategy to eradicate serious newly invaded exotic pests?

x

Other policies: (e.g. subsidies, etc.)

Web source for further information:

Organization of Outbreak
Management Functions

Responsible Organizational Unit
(Ministry/Department/Unit)

Field/Storage Pest Outbreaks

(e.g. BPH, bollworm, etc.)

Response strategy/plans

Migratory Pest Outbreaks

(e.g. locusts, birds, armyworm)

Response strategy/plans

New Exotic Pest Eradication

(e.g. coconut beetle)

Response strategy/plans

Control/eradication

Reporting to bilateral or international organizations

Infrastructure

Year: 2006

Number of designated staff for surveillance of field pests of national importance

0

Number of designated staff for surveillance of migratory and periodically occurring pests

0

Number of designated staff for surveillance of invasive species

0

Number of designated staff for control of field pests of national importance

Number of designated staff for control of migratory and periodically occurring pests

Number of designated staff for eradication of invasive species

New exotic species found established in country

Insects

Pathogens

Weeds

Total number for year:

Total number for year:

Total number on record

Eradication or internal quarantine actions taken against economically important species

Name of species

Brontispa longissima

Year of first discovery

2002

Location of first discovery

Area affected [ha]

Area treated [ha]

Pest outbreak actions

Outbreak 1

Outbreak 2

Outbreak 3

Name of species

Coffee berry borer

Year of outbreak

Area affected [ha]

Estimated damage $

Area treated by government [ha]

Expenditures by government [$]

More information

Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.)

Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.)

Lack of personnel, no infrastructure, no operational budget, not enough training

Policies (regarding pest management)

Yes

No

Do you have policies encouraging organic or low-pesticide use production

x

Is IPM specifically mentioned in laws or policy documents?

x

Do you have official Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) or any other relevant food safety (ecofood, etc.) standards for pest management?

x

Is pest management extension separate from general extension?

x

Other policies: (subsidies, production inputs, etc.)

Web source for further information:

Organization of Plant
Protection Functions

Responsible Organizational Unit
(Ministry/Department/Unit)

Policy development

Pest management research

Control recommendations

Pest management extension

Infrastructure

Year: 2006

Number of technical officers for pest management

Number of central, regional, provincial or state offices

Number of district and village level field offices

Number of field/extension agents for pest management advice

Number of field/extension agents trained in IPM-FFS facilitation

106

Number of government biocontrol production/distribution facilities

1

Number of government biopesticide production/distribution facilities

1

Number of general extension staff involved in pest management

Number of designated plant protection technical officers for extension

Pest Management

Yes

No

Does the country have a National IPM Programme?
If yes, give Name and Address of IPM Programme:
PPC

x

Does the country have specific IPM extension programmes?
If yes, in which crops?: Vegetables

x

Does the country have specific IPM research programmes?
If yes, in which crops?:

x

Does the country have specific GAP extension programmes?
If yes, in which crops?:

Does the country have specific GAP research programmes?
If yes, in which crops?:

Market shares (estimated value, volume or area under control)

Year:

Size of chemical pest control market

Size of biopesticides market

Size of biological control agents market

Major pest control requiring crops
(requiring most pesticide applications)

1st

2nd

3rd

Affected crop

Name(s) of pest(s)

Estimated crop loss

Affected area

Number of pesticide applications or amount of pesticide used

Government action taken

Cooperation Projects

Amount

Years (start-end)

Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes

Amount

Years (start-end)

Pest Management Extension

Year: 2006

Number of farmers trained in IPM during the year

Number of IPM-FFS conducted during the year

203

Number of farmers trained in GAP standards during the year

Area under IPM/low pesticide management [ha]

Area under organic/pesticide-free management [ha]

Crops in which IPM or other ecology friendly programmes are successfully implemented:
Head Cabbage

Crops grown organic/pesticide-free: Rice

Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.)

Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.)

Lack of personnel, no infrastructure, no operational budget, not enough training

Policies (regarding pesticide management)

Yes

No

Do you have national pesticide reduction targets? If yes, what is the target: ____________

x

Have you ratified the Rotterdam (PIC) Convention?

x

Have you ratified the Stockholm (POP) Convention?

x

Have your ratified the Basel Convention? (hazardous wastes)

x

Have your ratified the Montreal Protocol? (MeBr phasing-out)

Have you reported the observance of the Code of Conduct to FAO according to Art. 12 of the Code?

Have you adopted Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)?

x

Pesticide Registration

Do you require pesticides to conform to relevant FAO or WHO specifications?

Do you allow the “me-too” registration and sale of generic pesticides?

Do you require data on product equivalence for generic registration?

Do you conduct country-specific risk assessments for…

occupational risks?

consumer risks?

environmental risks?

Have you adopted the Global Harmonized System (GHS) for pesticides hazards evaluation and labelling?

x

Do you accept evaluation results from other countries?

Do you accept field studies conducted in other countries?

Do you require environmental fate studies?

Incentives/Disincentives

Do you have a special tax on pesticides to cover externality costs?

Do you subsidize or provide low-cost pesticides?

Do you subsidize or provide low-cost biopesticides?

Organization of Plant
Protection Functions

Responsible Organizational Unit
(Ministry/Department/Unit)

Licensing of shops

Licensing of field applicators

Enforcement/inspections

Testing of pesticide efficacy

Development of pesticide use recommendations

Safe use training/extension

Food residue monitoring

Environmental monitoring

Health monitoring

Other Stakeholders:

Pesticide Industry Association

Civil Society Organizations
(NGO, etc.)

Infrastructure

Year:

Number of registration officers

Number of enforcement officers

Number of department quality control laboratories

Number of quality control laboratory personnel

Number of department residue analysis laboratories

Number of residue laboratory personnel

Pesticide Trade:

Tons

$ ’000 Value

<10

0

0

Domestic Use/Sales

Pesticide Use Profile:

Tons
(a.i./formulation to be specified)

$ ’000 Value

<10

Other purposes

Testing, Quality Control and Effects in the Field

Yes

No

Do you have significant problems with low-quality pesticides in the market?

Do you have significant problems with pesticide resistance?

x

Do you have a list of pesticides under close observation for problems

Source for more information: –

Health and Environmental Information

Yes

No

Do you maintain data on pesticide poisoning cases?

x

Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in food?

x

Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in the environment?

x

Do you have significant problems of environmental contamination from pesticides?

x

Do you have data on pesticides effects on wildlife and ecosystems?

Source for more information: –

Pesticide Disposal

Yes

No

Do you have system to collect and safely dispose of used containers and small
quantities of left-over pesticides?

x

Do you have an inventory of outdated and obsolete pesticides in the country?
(e.g. banned and no longer traded, but still in storage)

x

Do you have illegal trade in pesticides?
if yes: what is the estimated amount: ______________

x

Source for more information: –

Registration/Regulation/Monitoring

Year:

a.i.*

Trade Name

Number of registered pesticide products

46

100

Number of registered biopesticides (Avamectrin, Bt, Neem, etc.)

Number of restricted-use pesticides/formulations

Number of banned pesticides

26

Number of licensed outlets

Number of licensed field applicators (professional and/or farmers)

Number of licensing violations reported during year

Number of quality control analyses conducted during year

Number of food samples analyzed for pesticide residues during year

Number of samples exceeding MRL

Number of environmental samples analyzed for pesticide residues

* active ingredient

Pesticides Restricted in Recent Years

Year

Name of active ingredient or hazardous formulation

Pesticides Banned in Recent Years

Year

Name of active ingredient

Cooperation Projects

Years (start-end)

Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes

Years (start-end)

Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.)

One awareness workshop on IPM and Near-Market Pesticide Use with respect to food safety and quality (16-17 November 2006)

Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.)

Lack of personel, no infrastructure, no operational budget, not enough training

Name of GMO Crop

Area under Cultivation [ha]