Vietnam: Report on animal disease epidemics

According to Circular No. 07/2016/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development of Vietnam, report on animal disease epidemics shall be made as follows:

- Commune-level: The veterinary staff of communes shall be responsible for report on animal disease epidemics to the President of the People’s Committees of communes or the veterinary authorities of districts;

- District-level: The veterinary authorities of districts shall be responsible for report on animal disease epidemics to the People’s Committees of districts or the veterinary authorities of provinces;

- Provincial-level: The veterinary authorities of provinces shall be responsible for report on animal disease epidemics to Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Regional Animal Health Authorities or Department of Animal Health;

- Central level: The Department of Animal Health shall be responsible for report on animal disease epidemics to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and international organizations which Vietnam is a member or countries which Vietnam commits to report and share information on animal disease epidemics;

- In case of dangerous infectious animal diseases, diseases capable of quickly spreading on large scale, the organizations and individuals specified above may bypass the authorities at the current level and report the situation to superior authorities;

- In case of animal disease epidemics of the list of zoonotic diseases, the veterinary staff of communes and the veterinary authorities shall report on animal disease epidemics to the relevant health authorities at the same level in accordance with applicable regulations;

- The inspection, verification, collection of information and report on animal disease epidemics specified above shall be carried out within 24 hours for the Delta and midland areas; 72 hours for rural and remote areas, borders and islands from the date of receipt of information on declaration of animal diseases from relevant individuals and organizations.

View more details at Circular No. 07/2016/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development of Vietnam, effective from July 15, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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