What are veterinary activities? 05 Principles of veterinary activities in Vietnam

What are veterinary activities? 05 Principles of veterinary activities in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What are veterinary activities?

According to Clause 4, Article 3 of the Law on Veterinary Medicine 2015, veterinary activities include the State management in terms of veterinary medicine and the prevention, treatment and fighting against animal epidemic diseases; quarantine of animals and animal products; control of the slaughter, preparation and processing of animals and animal products; inspection of veterinary hygiene; management of veterinary drugs; veterinary practice.

2. 05 Principles of veterinary activities in Vietnam

The implementation of veterinary activities must be based on the principles specified in Article 4 of the Law on Veterinary Medicine 2015, specifically as follows:

(1) The constancy in veterinary activities shall be ensured from central to local government to maintain animal health, increase the socio-economic effects, the sustainability in animal raising, ensuring food safety, maintaining human health and environmental hygiene.

(2) Disease prevention shall be the key, disease treatment shall be prompt, epidemic fighting shall be expeditious; epidemic hotspot/animal pathogen shall be discovered promptly and exactly to be handled thoroughly; subjects of quarantine of animals/animal products shall be kept under control to avoid spreading.

(3) Domestic animal owners, owners of animal-raising establishments shall take prior responsibilities for prevention and fighting against animal epidemic diseases; regulatory body shall provide guidelines and take measures to control the animal disease promptly and effectively.

(4) The advantages in commercial transaction of animals/animal products shall be ensured; benefits of the State and the community and lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals shall be harmonized.

(5) Advancement of science and technology shall be applied, modern science and technology shall be combined with traditional experience of people in the prevention, treatment and fighting against animal diseases.

3. Policies of the State on veterinary activities in Vietnam

Specifically, in Article 5 of the Law on Veterinary Medicine 2015, the policies of the State on veterinary activities include:

- For specific stages, the State shall formulate a policy on the investment and support for the following activities:

+ The conduction of scientific research, development and transfer of technology in diagnosis, testing and treatment for animal disease; the establishment of facilities in charge of diagnosing and testing animal diseases, testing and analyzing the quality of veterinary drugs serving state management; the establishment of quarantine area;

+ The formulation of system for accessing to the origin of animals/animal products; the planning on facilities in charge of slaughtering, preparing, processing animal products orienting towards industrialization in animal raising;

+ The development of a system that provides information, management, forecast and warning of animal diseases;

+ The prevention and fighting against animal diseases and elimination of damage from animal disease;

+ The prevention and fighting against animal diseases on List of animal diseases subject to outbreak declaration; the control and elimination of dangerous infectious animal diseases, diseases capable of transmitting between animals and humans;

+ The improvement of the facilities of the system of veterinary authorities, system of environmental monitoring and warning;

+ The production of veterinary drugs and vaccine serving the prevention and fighting against dangerous animal diseases;

+ The establishment of animal epidemic-free zones.

- The State shall encourage the following activities:

+ The foundation of animal epidemic-free establishments; of concentrated raising establishments and concentrated slaughtering establishments;

+ The participation in prevention and fighting against animal diseases; the public sector involvement in veterinary activities and animal insurance;

+ The researching and application of science and technology, application of good practice systems and advanced quality control system in veterinary medicine;

+ The training and cultivation of human resources in veterinary medicine;

+ The care, raising and protection of animals for humanitarian purposes.

- Any person who carries out veterinary activities at the request of a competent agency and catches an infection, is injured or dies shall be considered granting entitlement to the policy for revolutionary martyrs and wounded soldiers according to the regulations on incentive policies for meritorious persons.

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