Bird flu has resurfaced in poultry in northern Vietnam after many months without any cases, killing ducks and chickens at two farms, a state-run newspaper reported on Sunday.
Animal health officials confirmed on Saturday the H5N1 virus had killed several birds among a flock of more than 100 ducks in Thai Nguyen city, 80 km (50 miles) north of Hanoi, the Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth league-run Tuoi Tre newspaper said.
Officials had also detected the virus in dead chickens at a farm in the same city and nearly 4,200 chickens had been slaughtered to prevent the virus from spreading, the report said without giving a timeframe.

CG meeting between Government and Donors, Hanoi from 14 to 15 December 2006
Topic: Socio-economic Development Plan (SEDP): From Plan to Action
This year's agenda is divided in to 3 topics:

The Partnership Group for Aid Effectiveness (PGAE) is a formalised forum to coordinate, discuss and monitor aid effectiveness in Vietnam. The High Level Forums on Aid Effectiveness and, finally the Paris Declaration in 2003 and localised Hanoi Core Statement provided the final impetus to formalisation of the PGAE as the coordinating body responsible for following up on Vietnam's Paris commitments. The forum ultimately acts as a coordinator in Vietnam for GoV, donors and other stakeholders to implement the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Hanoi Core Statement on Aid Effectiveness.

Participants

Membership of the PGAE consists of:

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The brieft annual report of the EMWG's task forces in 2007 is now available online. The detailed reports of each task force in 2007, please visit individual task force folder...

• The brieft annual report of EMWG's task forces 2007

Dear MEMBERS and FRIENDS,

Welcome to the NGO Resource Centre Newsletter for January 15 - 31, 2008.

The first draft Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC) 7, which includes 61 proposed policy actions, was sent to the Government of Vietnam in December 2007. The policy dialogue between donors, including NGOs and government representatives, will take place between between Monday, January 21, and Friday, February 1st. Please contact the NGO RC at director@ngocentre.org.vn, if your organisation is interested in taking

Viet Nam plans to prevent an influenza pandemic by reducing the risk to humans from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), said the deputy director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) yesterday.
Pham Ngoc Dinh said that the aim was to reduce the risk through early detection, quick response to human cases, targeting infected poultry, and preparing for the medical consequences of a human pandemic in the next three years.
Dinh was speaking at a three-day conference in the capital, aimed at discussing countermeasures to combat infectious diseases in Asia. It also has allowed representatives from major Asian cities to discuss experiences in fighting epidemic diseases.

2008

• PPWG Strategy 2008-2010 (updated July 2008)
• PPWG Activity Plan 2008-2010 (updated July 2008)