Vietnam: The Department of Animal Health shall provide guidance on professional training in veterinary prescribing

Specifically, according to Article 23 of Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, responsibilities of the Department of Animal Health in management of veterinary drugs containing narcotic substances and precursors; veterinary prescribing are as follows:

- Organize, provide guidance on, supervise, assess and inspect the implementation of this Circular;

- Organize dissemination of information about import, export, transit, production, trading in, use, delivery, transport and storage of narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs and veterinary drug materials; veterinary prescribing and reasonable and effective use of veterinary drugs;

- Organize inspection of prescribing of veterinary drugs containing antibiotics used in animal feeds;

- Provide guidance on professional training in veterinary prescribing to holders of veterinary practice certificates;

- Submit to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development amended Lists of veterinary active ingredients belonging to group of critically important, highly important and important antibiotics provided in the Appendices VIII, IX and X hereof.

Besides, The Department of Livestock Production shall:

- provide guidance, supervise and inspect animal establishments producing animal feeds containing veterinary drugs;

- organize training and dissemination of information about veterinary prescribing and reasonable and effective use of animal feeds containing veterinary drugs.

Moreover, every provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development shall direct competent units to:  

- organize, provide guidance on, supervise and inspect the implementation of this Circular in areas under their management;

- manage lists and sample signatures of prescribers making up prescriptions of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs;

- provide training and disseminate information about management of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs during their trading, use, delivery, transport and storage; veterinary prescribing in areas under their management;

- inspect the trading in, use, storage, delivery and transport of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs as prescribed in this Circular in areas under their management;

- on the 25th of every month, submit a report on trading in, use and delivery of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs to the Department of Animal Health and Sub-department of Animal Health in areas under their management according to the form in the Appendix II hereof;

- provide professional training in veterinary prescribing to holders of veterinary practice certificates;

- build a roadmap for management of databases of prescriptions in areas under their management.

View more details at the Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from December 25, 2020.

Le Vy

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