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Viewing cable 06HANOI685, VIETNAM - MARCH 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06HANOI685 2006-03-24 08:57 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO0364
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHPB
DE RUEHHI #0685/01 0830857
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 240857Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1229
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY PRIORITY 0779
RUEHZS/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY 2901
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 5474
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG PRIORITY 0856
RUEHGZ/AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU PRIORITY 0648
RUEHCN/AMCONSUL CHENGDU PRIORITY 0214
RUEHRO/USMISSION UN ROME PRIORITY
RUEHIN/AIT TAIPEI PRIORITY 1343
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA PRIORITY
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHRC/USDA WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//USDP/ISA/AP// PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/CJCS WASHINGTON DC//J2/J3/J5//
RUEKDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC//DHO-3//
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI//J00/J2/J3/J5//
RHEFAFM/DIRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD//MA-1A//
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000685 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR G, CA/OCS/ACS/EAP, EAP/EX, EAP/MLS, EAP/EP, INR, 
OES/STC (PBATES), OES/IHA (DSINGER AND NCOMELLA), AND MED 
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE AND GH (DCARROLL, SCLEMENTS AND 
PCHAPLIN) 
STATE PASS TO USTR (ELENA BRYAN) 
STATE PASS TO HHS/OGHA (WSTIEGER, EELVANDER AND ABHAT) 
USDA PASS TO APHIS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR OSD/ISA/AP (LSTERN) 
BANGKOK FOR RMO, CDC, USAID (MFRIEDMAN AND JMACARTHUR) 
ROME FOR FAO 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM - MARCH 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT 
 
REF: HANOI 630 AND PREVIOUS 
 
HANOI 00000685  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  (U) Summary.  There have been no new human Avian 
Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human 
cases since November 9, 2005.  The Government of Vietnam 
(GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since 
the last reported incident on December 17, 2005.  The GVN 
has ordered tighter border controls and more severe 
punishment for smugglers to stop illegal importation of AI- 
infected poultry and eggs from China.  Vice Minister of 
Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nui Ba Bong also 
told a visiting USG official that he believed the speed and 
accuracy of GVN reporting on AI-related developments 
throughout Vietnam to be "very good."  End Summary. 
 
2.  (U) As of March 23, 2006: 
 
-- No human AI deaths since October 29, 2005 
-- No new human AI cases since November 9, 2005 
-- No AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported 
incident on Dec. 17, 2005 in Cao Bang Province 
 
3.  (U) As previously reported (reftel), a large amount of 
poultry smuggled from China is finding its way into Vietnam. 
In response, the GVN has ordered tighter border controls and 
more severe punishment for smugglers to stop illegal 
importation of AI-infected poultry and eggs from China. 
 According to a local newspaper report, poultry and egg 
smugglers attacked Vietnamese border guards over the 
weekend, injuring five soldiers.  As an indication of the 
seriousness with which the GVN views such territorial 
breaches, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development 
(MARD) Cao Duc Phat visited provinces along the Chinese 
border this week. 
 
4.  (U) Econoffs visited a border checkpoint in Lang Son 
province, where customs officials claimed that measures 
implemented to prevent the importation of poultry from China 
were effective and resulted in an 80-90 percent decrease in 
the number of smuggled birds.  However, given that customs 
officials inspect less than 15 percent of all shipments, 
this assertion may be overly optimistic, especially since 
officials acknowledged that smugglers have continued to use 
unofficial crossings along Lang Son's 253 kilometer-long 
border with China.  These officials also stated that 
whenever they discovered such birds they were promptly 
destroyed, and that the province had not experienced a 
single case of AI among its bird population. 
 
5.  (SBU) On March 20, Mr. Terrence Markin, a Deputy 
Director at the National Intelligence Center, Agriculture 
Attache and ESTHoff met with Vice Minister of Agriculture 
and Rural Development Nui Ba Bong to discuss the current AI 
situation in Vietnam.  The Vice Minister said that while 
previous outbreaks in Vietnam had been "severe," there have 
been no poultry outbreaks in the last three months and no 
human infections in five months.  The second nationwide 
poultry vaccination campaign is targeting 130 million 
poultry, with two phases beginning in February and August 
2006, he added.  The Vice Minister also noted that there has 
 
HANOI 00000685  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
been good cooperation between the GVN and international 
donor community.  Responding to a specific question about AI 
outbreaks in Burma, the Vice Minister said the GVN had not 
received any requests from the Government of Burma, but that 
if requested, he felt MARD could share lessons in public 
information dissemination and other technical issues. 
Answering our query regarding the capacity of the GVN to 
report AI outbreaks in remote areas along the Chinese 
border, the Vice Minister commented that reporting is "very 
good," and that within one or two days the central 
government is informed of any potential AI outbreak in 
poultry.  He clarified that statement by saying "as soon as 
chickens die, farmers report the incident to local 
authorities." 
 
6.  (U) David Krueger, a University of Wisconsin laboratory 
expert sponsored by USDA, is working for one month with 
laboratories in southern Vietnam to establish an effective, 
real-time PCR diagnostic system.  After four days of 
consultations with officials from MARD's Department of 
Animal Health (DAH) and their Japanese technical advisor, 
Mr. Kruger visited HCMC and will be working in Vietnam 
through April 21.  The ability to use this advanced 
technology is crucial for building capacity in surveillance 
for AI and other infectious diseases.  Mr. Krueger will hold 
several workshops and work with DAH to set up protocols in 
labs in HCMC, Can Tho and Danang. 
 
7.  (U) The World Bank recently circulated a proposed terms 
of reference for a joint assessment mission for Vietnam's AI 
Integrated National Operational Work Program to the donor 
community.  The program will address the need to transition 
from emergency response to medium and long-term integrated 
sector development for disease control programs in both 
poultry and human populations.  There is also an urgent need 
to facilitate the rehabilitation of the poultry sector at 
all levels of commercial production of meat and eggs and to 
ensure food security for small-scale rural poor.  USAID will 
participate in the joint assessment.  Earlier this week, 
USAID Regional Development Mission staff met with the 
Embassy Health Attache, Agriculture Attache and ESTHoff to 
discuss programming USD five million in USAID support to AI 
activities in Vietnam. 
 
MARINE