PLANT PROTECTION and PLANT QUARANTINE IN VIETNAM

1. THE 23rd TECHNICAL CONSULTATION AMONG REGIONAL PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATIONS (RPPOs) PLANT PROTECTION and PLANT QUARANTINE IN VIETNAM Dr. HA THANH HUONG HANOI, VIETNAM 29/8-2/9/2011

2. Background • Established in 1961 • PPD is a State management agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) • Employs around 500 staffs working in the areas of plant protection, plant quarantine, inspection, and pesticide management

3. Mandate • To carry out plant protection extension activities • To administer plant quarantine activities at the national level • To conduct pesticide management including pesticide registration and residue control • Food safety management

4. Organizational chart MARD PLANT PROTECTION DEPARTMENT Planning Organization & Administration Plant Quarantine Food Safety Pesticide Management Supervision and Audit Finance Forest pest control Plant Protection PQ Diagnosic Center 2 PEQ Centers 9 Rpq Sub departments 2 pesticide Control Centers 4 regional plant protection centers PP station Imp-exp pq stations 63 pp sub departments PP stations Domestic PQ stations

5. Plant Protection Network • Plant Protection Division: responsible for formulating policies and pest control programs • 4 Regional Plant Protection Centers: guiding provincial plant protection authorities in pest control • 63 Plant Protection Sub-departments: working at field level and under the jurisdiction of provincial People’s Committees • Manpower: nearly 5,000 Plant Protection Officers

6. Plant Protection Activities • Pest surveillance and forecasting to provide early warnings • Implementation of pest control programs (IPM; GAP). • Training of trainers and farmers on IPM and GAP.

7. Plant Quarantine Network • Plant Quarantine Division takes overall responsibility to monitor plant quarantine performance and formulate quarantine policies and standards • 9 Regional Plant Quarantine Sub-departments with over 60 Plant Quarantine Stations are responsible for phytosanitary inspection of cross-border plant commodities at seaports, airports and land border ports. • Plant Quarantine Diagnosis Center provides technical support • 2 Centers for Post Entry Quarantine • Manpower: over 300 quarantine staffs

8. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Plant Protection Department Directorate Board Plant Protection System Plant Quarantine Division Functional Division Plant Protection (Center level) Operational units Technical units Plant Protection Sub Departments (Provincial level) 2 Post Entry Quarantine Centers 1 PQ Diagnosis Center 9 Regional PQ Sub Departments Domestic PQ stations Plant Quarantine Stations

9. Plant Quarantine Activities • Providing phytosanitary inspection services and certification for the import and export of plant commodities • Supervising phytosanitary treatments for the import and export of plant commodities • Undertaking domestic and post entry quarantine procedures • Conducting pest risk analysis (PRA) • Conducting research and development activities in plant quarantine area • treatment for fruit flies • Joining research with Japan to treat fruits by VHT • Cooperating with China to monitor fruit flies

11. 82 PLANT QUARANTINE STATIONS Update 2011

12. Regulations • Ordinance of Plant Protection and Quarantine 36/2000/PL-UBTVQH10, dated 25 July 2001 • Decree No.02/2007/ND-CP of the government on plant quarantine, dated 5 January 2007 • Decision No.34/2007/QD-BNN of 23 April 2007 publishing the list of regulated articles subject to pest risk analysis before importing into Vietnam. • Decision No.48/2007/QD-BNN of 29 May 2007, Regulation Procedure for issuance of the phytosanitary import permit for articles subject to pest risk analysis before importing into Vietnam. • Decision No.89/2007/QD-BNN of 29 October 2007 of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, promulgating regulations on state management on fumigation practice for regulated articles.

13. New and coming regulations • Circular No.13/2011/TT-BNNPTNT guiding the food safety control for imported foodstuffs of plant origin • Control procedures imported foodstuffs of plant origin under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; responsibilities and jurisdictions of parties concerned. • New Law on Plant Protection is being drafted and will be submitted to the National Assembly in 2013.

14. Interception data Particularly, from March 2010 to date, PPD was found Trogoderma granarium Everts on the import commodities from some countries such as India, Pakistan, ...

15. Emegency actions • Action applied: • Notify the country where commodities come from • Re export applied in case of non-compliant repetition • In country action: fumigation, surveillance …

16. Thank you!

17. PRA completed • From 2007, Vietnam develop legal framework, training staffs, formulate PRA belong to Decision No. 34 base on ISPM No.2 and ISPM No.11 • Up to now PPD have already finally many PRA reports for importing plants and plant products, base on this we have to conduct condition requirement for importation commodities.

18. PRA completed