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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 001420 
 
SIPDIS 
 
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 (EBRYAN) 
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, JMACARTHUR AND 
MBRADY) 
ROME FOR FAO 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM - JUNE 9 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT 
 
HANOI 00001420  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 
 
REF: HANOI 1280 AND PREVIOUS 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Summary.  On June 2, the Government of Vietnam 
(GVN) and World Bank hosted a joint government-donor meeting 
in support of the Vietnam Integrated Operational (IO) 
Program for Avian and Human Influenza for the period 2006- 
¶2010.  The donors pledged USD 61 million over three years of 
a total estimated of USD 250 million over five years.  The 
Mission Avian Influenza Working Group in Hanoi and Ho Chi 
Minh City participated in a table top exercise responding to 
an AI pandemic scenario.  The exercise was designed to 
identify gaps in the Mission`s tripwires and plans for 
ordered departure or sheltering in place.  State media 
reported that the national poultry vaccination campaign is 
behind schedule while the MARD encouraged the poultry sector 
to ramp up production after losses incurred during 2003- 
¶2005.  The GVN continues to report no AI outbreaks in 
poultry or humans over the past six months.  End Summary. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) On June 2, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development (MARD) and the World Bank hosted a joint 
government-donor meeting in support of the Vietnam 
Integrated Operational Program for Avian and Human Influenza 
for the period 2006-2010 (dubbed "the Green Book").  The 
meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung 
and attended by Minister of MARD Dr. Cao Duc Phat, Minister 
of Health Ms. Tran Thi Trung Chien and over 30 
representatives of international agencies, bilateral donors 
and international NGOs. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) The donor community commended the GVN for their 
strong commitment in reducing the threat of AI over the past 
six months and widely endorsed the contents of the Green 
Book, which is estimated to cost US$250 million over the 
period 2006-2010.  While the GVN was hoping that the donor 
community would fill a USD 150 million five-year gap, the 
donors pledged USD 61 million over three years, with 
additional support available if an outbreak were to occur. 
A significant proportion of these funds were pledged by the 
World Bank and Asian Development Bank.  The pledge 
statements did not include anticipated contributions from 
regional and global mechanisms to Vietnam (e.g., British 
support to the World Bank's global trust fund).  The USAID 
country manager, representing the Mission, pledged USD 6.95 
million in grants while other major bilateral donors, 
including Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom 
expressed that any support to AI would have to be 
reprogrammed from existing levels of development assistance 
to the GVN. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) Selected members of the Mission Avian Influenza 
Working Group in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City participated in 
a table top exercise responding to an avian influenza 
pandemic scenario.  The exercise, which was conducted by 
digital video conference, was designed specifically to 
identify gaps in the Mission's tripwires and plans for 
ordered departure or sheltering in place.  The exercise was 
viewed by most participants as a valuable preparedness tool 
and something to be repeated within the next six months 
 
HANOI 00001420  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
prior to the onset of the next influenza season. 
 
¶5.  (U) Vietnamese state media reported that the national 
poultry vaccination campaign is behind schedule and that 
local government officials cite complacency and a shortage 
of funds as possible causes for the delay.  As of June 4, 
110.6 million poultry have been vaccinated of the 130 
million planned to be vaccinated by the end of May in the 
latest round of vaccinations. 
 
¶6.  (U) State media reported on June 7 that Head of the 
Animal Husbandry Department of MARD Nguyen Dang Vang is 
encouraging the poultry sector to ramp up production after 
losses associated with AI and subsequently higher prices. 
In comparing the poultry industry figures from 2003 to 2005, 
the number of chickens has decreased from 254 million to 219 
million, while the population of ducks and geese fell from 
69 million to 60 million and number of chicken eggs dropped 
from 4.7 billion to 3.9 billion over the same period. 
 
¶7.  (U) As of June 9, 2006: 
 
-- No human AI deaths since October 29, 2005 
-- No human AI cases since November 14, 2005 
-- No AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported 
incident on Dec. 17, 2005 in Cao Bang Province 
 
Boardman