With globalization becoming a routine lifestyle, movement of human and animal is becoming more active in a fast pace. Pathogens that join these moving hosts are as well exposed to new environments and adapt along, bringing a higher risk for the...

After responding to emergency zoonotic outbreaks, the importance of One Health Approach has been emphasized worldwide in effectively preventing and controlling these diseases. In order to discover more about this approach within the Viet Nam country context, a discussion was...

In light of the 50th anniversary of the Department of Animal Health (DAH) within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) was honoured with the “the Memorial Medal for the development...

Scott Newman, FAO Viet Nam’s former Senior Technical Coordinator of the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), received a “Medal for the Agriculture and Rural Development Cause” from the Department of Livestock Production within the Ministry of Agriculture and...

In 2004, Viet Nam poultry and human were heavily impacted by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreaks, causing more than 60 human deaths and $45 million dollars of economic loss from dead poultries at its peak moment. In...