Vietnam Hanoi Hosts High-level Forum on One Health Partnership Framework

The High-Level Forum on One Health Partnership for Zoonoses (OHP) Framework for the 2021-2025 period took place in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on August 16, state media reported.

The event was co-hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said the Vietnamese government, ministries, agencies, and partners have paid attention to minimizing the possible emergence and spread of pathogens in human-animal-ecosystem interaction; strengthening the management of food safety; overseeing and preventing antibiotics resistance; recovering and controlling emerging and re-emerging epidemic risks; and controlling environmental factors potentially affecting the health of humans, animals, and plants.

Mr. Tien asked sponsors and organizations to continue offering technical and financial support to improve Vietnam’s capacity of preventing, discovering, and coping with epidemics, thus minimizing the impacts of zoonotic diseases.

Reports at the event reiterated commitments of stakeholders to strengthening cooperation in fighting animal-to-human diseases, and the roles of the MARD in the OHP Framework. They also underlined the role of the OHP Office in coordinating partners and stakeholders to recommend solutions to arising problems.

Vietnam’s One Health Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 under the technical support of the EU was approved by the MARD, the MoH, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in March 2022. Since it was signed, 50 projects have been launched or are pending approval. (QDND, Vietnam Plus English, Health Ministry, Bao Chinh Phu)