Viet Nam One Health 2023 High Level Forum For Zoonoses

On November 7, the Vietnam One Health 2023 High Level Forum For Zoonoses was held in Hanoi. The event was co-chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Ministries of Health, Natural Resources and Environment, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Mr. Nguyen Do Tuan Anh – Head of International Corporation Department, MARD introduce the participants and agenda

Mr. Phung Duc Tien – Vice Minister MARD giving the opening speak

Mr. Do Xuan Kien – Vice Minister MoH giving the opening speak

Ms. Aler Grubbs – Director of USAID Viet Nam giving the opening speak

The forum aims to summarize the results of implementing a One Health approach across the fields of Health, Agriculture, and Environment, as well as multi-sector coordination for disease prevention and control in 2023. It identified limitations and proposed solutions to enhance cross-sector collaboration in achieving the goals and tasks of the national One Health multi-sectoral plan.

Many representatives from related management agencies, Embassies, local and international organization participated in the event

In the coming time, all parties hope to supplement and comprehensively enhance the various aspects of One Health in the interactions among humans, plants, animals, and the ecological environment, with particular emphasis on plant health, soil health, and other comprehensive aspects within the One Health Framework to ensure its comprehensiveness.