Many countries have controlled the importation of non-occurring plant pests due to the risk of the invasion and spread, while the knowledge and detection skills on such pests are necessary to implement the warning investigation of the invasion.

The FAO regional project “Improving Capacities of Phytosanitary Inspection and Integrated Measures for International Movement of Seeds” (GCP/RAS/297/JPN) have the opportunity to learn the inspection knowledge and skills of pests which have not been occurred in a country but occurred in another countries.

As one of the activities, some National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) officials and plant pathologists of Thailand and Viet Nam visited Japanese NPPO and other institutes to the purpose last year.

This time, two training courses have planned in Viet Nam for three seed-transmitted diseases matched with planned national training in Viet Nam and requests from Thailand.

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