The agreement was reached between the Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine (VAPM) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

US Ambassador Michael Marine said agreement supports “the necessary steps to better prevent, prepare for and respond to the growing threat from influenza and other epidemic diseases.”

He praised Vietnam’s efforts to fight bird flu and said the project would complement other bird flu projects in Vietnam supported by the US Agency for International Development and the US Department of Agriculture.

Through 2006, the US has provided over $12 million to Vietnam to assist its efforts to combat and control bird flu.

Source: Thanh Nien, US Embassy