Activity report of the International Livestock Research Institute in Vietnam 2007-2014, with current projects and plans

Activity report of the International Livestock Research
Institute in Vietnam 2007-2014, with current projects
and plans

Hanoi
December 2014


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Contents
ILRI as global institute of livestock research ......................................................................................................................... 1
ILRI in Vietnam ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2
ILRI completed research 2007-2014 ..................................................................................................................................... 3
The Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN) (2000-2005) ............................................................................. 3
Sustainable Parasite Control in Southeast Asia (2000-2003) ........................................................................................... 3
Contract Farming for Equitable Swine Production in Vietnam (2005-2006) ................................................................... 3
ZooMap (2011-2012) ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Managing risk in emerging pork markets: A South-South Symposium............................................................................ 3
Policy advocacy ................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Improving Competitiveness of Pig Producers .................................................................................................................. 4
Rapid Integrated Assessment (RIA) of Nutrition and Food Safety ................................................................................... 4
Zoonotic diseases management with Ecohealth – EcoZD (2008-2013) ........................................................................... 4
ILRI ongoing and future committed research ....................................................................................................................... 5
High-priority area 1: Sustainable intensification of mixed crop-livestock agricultural systems ...................................... 5
High-priority area 2: Mitigation of risks inherent in changing agricultural systems. ....................................................... 8
Partnerships in Vietnam ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Capacity building for partners ............................................................................................................................................ 12
Outcome and impacts......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Livestock sector restructuring policy ............................................................................................................................. 15

Ecohealth and One Health ............................................................................................................................................. 15
Food safety management with a risk-based approach .................................................................................................. 15
Ways forwards: 2015 onwards ........................................................................................................................................... 16
Publications ........................................................................................................................................................................ 19
International peer-reviewed journals ............................................................................................................................ 19
National peer-reviewed journals ................................................................................................................................... 19
Books and book chapters ............................................................................................................................................... 21
Policy briefs .................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Research briefs .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Final research and project reports ................................................................................................................................. 23


ILRI as global institute of livestock research
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one of the 15 centres of the CGIAR
consortium, a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future
(www.cgiar.org). ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in
food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these
research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals alive and
productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, find profitable markets
for their animal products and reduce the risk of livestock-related diseases.
lLRI was established through the agreement on the establishment of the International
Livestock Research Institute and the constitution of the International Livestock Research
Institute signed on 21 September 1994 by the Governments of Kenya, Ethiopia, Denmark,
Sweden, the Swiss Confederation and the United Nations Environment Program, as a nonprofit international research organization with similar privileges and immunities as UN
specialized agencies.
ILRI is a not-for-profit institution with a staff of about 700 and, in 2014, an operating budget of
about US$ 83 million. A member of the CGIAR consortium working for a food-secure future,
ILRI has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, a principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and
offices in other countries in East, West and Southern Africa and in South, East and Southeast
Asia, including the Vietnam office in Hanoi, which now serves as ILRI’s Regional Office for East

and Southeast Asia.
ILRI leads the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish (CRP L&F), leads a flagship of the
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) on the prevention
and control of agriculture-associated diseases, and contributes to seven other CGIAR research
programs. Staff members work in integrated sciences and biosciences programs that develop
and deliver science-based practices, provide scientific evidence for decision-making and
develop capacities of livestock-sector stakeholders. With the African Union/New Partnership
for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordination Agency, ILRI also hosts and manages the
Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA)-ILRI hub.”

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ILRI in Vietnam
The presence of ILRI in Vietnam started in 2006, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development (MARD). A Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a
long-term collaboration was signed between ILRI and the MARD on 26 February 2007.
In 2008 ILRI established an office sharing arrangement with ICRAF – another CGIAR
centre. ILRI Vietnam had an official registration with People's Aid Coordinating
Committee (PACCOM) and was granted the operation certificate no. 170/BNG-HĐ
dated 18 July 2013, issued by the Department of International Organizations, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. An application for revision of terms of operation was lodged with
PACCOM in July 2014 to update the current list of provinces where ILRI proposes to
work with new sites and an increased number of staff from with the expansion of ILRI
activities. Specifically, ILRI staffing profile has increased from 1 international staff when
the official registration was approved in 2013 to a proposed 6 international staff and 3
national staff by January 2015.

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ILRI completed research 2007-2014
ILRI’s research activities in Vietnam during this period were mainly global or regional projects,
with Vietnam as one of the study sites. Major projects with significant collaborative
partnerships with Vietnamese partners since 2000 are listed below. Two major bilateral
projects “Pig competitiveness” and “EcoZD” which have now been completed are also
described.

The Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN) (2000-2005)
Increasing the productivity of crop-livestock systems in the rainfed humid and sub-humid agroecological zones of Southeast Asia Phase 1 (three years, 2000-2002, US$ 1 million funded by
the Asian Development Bank through the CGIAR RETA); key partners in Vietnam were the
National Institute of Animal Husbandry (now the National Institute of Animal Science) and the
Institute of Agricultural Sciences of South Vietnam. Phase 2 of this project (three years, 20032005, $1.1 million funded by the ADB through the CGIAR RETA); key partners in Vietnam were
the NIAH (then NIAS), IASS, with some collaboration with the Dept. of Agrarian Systems of
Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute (now VAAS) and the National Extension Center of MARD.

Sustainable Parasite Control in Southeast Asia (2000-2003)
Sustainable Parasite Control in Southeast Asia Phase 1 (two years 2000-2001, US$ 800,000
funded by the Australian Center of International Agricultural Research); key partners in
Vietnam were NIAH (now NIAS), the Goat and Rabbit Research Center, and the Dept. of Animal
Health. Phase 2 (two years 2002-2003, $800,000 funded by the International Fund for
Agriculture Development); key partners in Vietnam were NIAH (now NIAS), GRRC, and DAH.

Contract Farming for Equitable Swine Production in Vietnam (2005-2006)
$600,000 funded by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) through the system-wide
livestock program; key partners were Hanoi University of Agriculture and the Department of
Livestock Production of MARD.

ZooMap (2011-2012)
ILRI has recently completed a global study funded by the Department of International

Development of the UK for the mapping of poverty and likely zoonoses hotspots, and Vietnam
was one of the key contributors to that initiative through collaboration with Hanoi School of
Public Health (HSPH). The study maps poverty, livestock keeping, and the diseases humans get
from animals, and it presents a top 20 list of geographical hotspots. The research report from
that study can be accessed at This study has
been widely cited and used by the donor to establish research focus on zoonotic diseases.

Managing risk in emerging pork markets: A South-South Symposium
In April 2012, ILRI organized an international symposium on Managing Risk and Food Safety in
Emerging Food Markets with funding support from the ACIAR and in collaboration with
Vietnamese partners Hanoi University of Agriculture and Hanoi School of Public Health
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Policy advocacy
ILRI has also been an active supporter of national collaborators, e.g., through contributions to
the Outlook for Agriculture Conference organized annually by CAP-IPSARD and international
conferences such as the International Association of Agricultural Economics in 2011 organized
by the Center for Agricultural Policy-Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural
Development CAP-IPSARD, and the Asian-Australian Animal Production Conference in 2008
organized by the Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam.

Improving Competitiveness of Pig Producers
Improving Competitiveness of Pig Producers in an Adjusting Vietnam Market (2007-2010, US$
900,000 with funding from the ACIAR); key partners were the Center for Agricultural Policy –
Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development. Project details and
outputs are accessible at www.vietpigs.com.vn

Rapid Integrated Assessment (RIA) of Nutrition and Food Safety

ILRI conducted a Rapid Integrated Assessment (RIA) of Nutrition and Food Safety in Value
Chains in 2012-2013 and supported by ACIAR. This project developed methods and tools for
assessing value chains in relation to nutrition and health and conducted an assessment of food
quality and safety research priorities in pig value chain in Vietnam together for fish value chain
in Egypt, and dairy in Tanzania. This study confirmed findings emerging from our food safety
work. Most of the poor buy animal source food daily or weekly. Most food is bought in
informal markets and this food is often highly contaminated with pathogens and chemical
hazards. However, hazards do not necessarily translate into risks to human health. Chemical
hazards appear to have a lower disease burden than biological hazards but are of major
consumer concern. Food borne disease causes illness, medical expenses and lost productivity.
At the same time, rising concern over food safety can act as a barrier to market access or a
motivation for policies to support larger scale production at the expense of smallholder
production. However, the animal source foods which are the most risky from a health
perspective are also some of the most valuable from a nutrition perspective. There are many
opportunities to reduce health risks and increase nutritional benefits from animal source food.

Zoonotic diseases management with Ecohealth – EcoZD (2008-2013)
The Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious
Diseases in SE Asia (EcoZD) project EcoZD project (2008-2013) aimed at better management of
zoonotic diseases using an Ecohealth approach in Vietnam, among several other countries in
the region. The project worked directly with 5 key zoonotic emerging infectious diseases (ZEID)
management actors across four multi-disciplinary teams in Vietnam. The project met its
primary objective, which was to increase the capacity of researchers and implementers to use
novel EcoHealth approach for better control of zoonoses; this was documented using outcome
mapping and EcoHealth uptake assessment but also documented through scientific
presentations and publications. The Project strengthened research capacity and introduced
the EcoHealth approach using workshops (for individual and multiple teams), trainings and
individual mentoring by experts from ILRI, ILRI partners within and beyond the SE Asia region.
Research topics included leptospirosis in animals and humans and hygienic status of small
scale poultry slaughter houses and markets. A total operational cost of $212,000 was invested

into Vietnamese partners including MARD Department of Animal Health, the National Institute
of Veterinary Research (NIVR), Nong Lam University, Pasteur Institutes in Ho Chi Minh city, and
the Institute of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (IEHSD). The research
teams are still supported on development of potential scientific publications.

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ILRI ongoing and future committed research
The CGIAR research system has changed its traditional way of doing research. The complex
issues of agricultural research for development require an innovative approach to research
and no individual research institution working alone can address the critically important and
challenging issues of global change, agriculture, and food security and rural poverty. In 2011,
CGIAR has launched 16 global CGIAR research programs (CRPs) that are jointly implemented by
15 CGIAR research centers and their partners. ILRI is leading one CRP, which is Livestock and
Fish (L&F) but is involved significantly in seven other CRPs, such as Agriculture for Nutrition
and Health (A4NH), Integrated System for Humid Tropics (Humidtropics), Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). All research at ILRI has been reorganized under the
umbrella of these CRPs.
In Vietnam ILRI work is aligning with the above mentioned global programs CRPs. Vietnam is a
focal country for the CRP “Livestock and Fish”, being one of the nine animal product value
chains in eight countries that are targeted for upgrading in this CGIAR Research Program.
These platforms are being developed and tested in the pig value chain in selected areas in
Vietnam. In addition, the CRP A4NH has focused its activities in the areas of food safety,
zoonoses and One Health / Ecohealth and partners with both agriculture and health sectors.
The CRP on Humidtropics has developed its activities in Northwest and Haut Plateau whereas
CRP CCAFS will start activities from 2015 onwards with a high concentration of work in 3
regionally representative sites in the Northwest (Son La, Yen Bai, Dien Bien), center (Ha Tinh)
and South of Vietnam.
As part of CGIAR research programs (CRPs), ILRI is responding to issues that have been

prioritized by the region of South East Asia, such as better management of natural resources
and addressing the marginalization of smallholder farmers in the modernizing food systems of
these countries. There is much reason to be optimistic about the future of livestock here: the
growing demand for meat, milk and eggs offers ways out of poverty for many millions of
people, trade is being liberalized and learning is happening more and more from south to
south. In Vietnam ILRI has placed emphasis on two high-priority areas that are perceived as
both opportunities and threats: sustainable intensification of mixed crop-livestock agricultural
systems and mitigation of risks inherent in changing agricultural systems.

High-priority area 1: Sustainable intensification of mixed crop-livestock
agricultural systems
This priority area includes the following main elements: i) Crop livestock system integration
and productivity – with a focus on forages and crop residues, including integration in tree
plantation systems and other mono crops, and through improved food/feed crops; ii)
Conservation and utilization of animal genetic diversity in the region – through market-driven
models of production; and iii) Value chain and market development for smallholder
participation and productivity – also innovative options for organizational transformation to
comply with changing market demands. The main activities of this priority area belong to two
CRPs, namely Livestock and Fish and Humidtropics, that are described below.
Livestock and Fish CGIAR Research Program (livestockfish.cgiar.org)
This CGIAR research program has a vision of ‘more meat, milk and fish by and for the poor’ and
aims to sustainably increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems, making
meat, milk and fish more available and affordable to poor consumers across the developing
world. This ILRI-led CRP is focused on transforming a few livestock value chains in selected
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countries, of which Vietnam is a focal country for the pig value chain. ILRI, CIAT (International
Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research
in the Dry Areas), and the WorldFish Center are the core CGIAR partners in this program.

Various other strategic and value chain partners, both locally and internationally, also play key
roles in the implementation of the program.
In Vietnam, the program has identified the following provinces as study sites: Son La, Hoa Binh,
Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong, and Dong Nai. ILRI has concluded in 2013
a Memorandum of Understanding with Tay Nguyen University as a strategic partner for the
implementation of L&F in the Central Highlands. A Memorandum of Understanding with Nong
Lam University as a strategic partner in South Vietnam was also concluded in the same year.
These new MoUs and the existing MoU with the MARD and collaborative research agreements
with research institutes will continue to provide the collaborative framework for all our
activities in L&F in Vietnam. Key outputs in 2013 and 2014 include a situational analysis of the
pig value chain, policy analysis using an updated multi-market partial equilibrium model of the
Vietnam pig sector, a review of feeds and feeding technologies that have been generated and
tested by Vietnamese research institutes, an inventory of available laboratory tests along the
pig value chain, and a scoping study on indigenous pig value chain in the Central Highlands of
Vietnam. Estimated yearly research investments to support the Vietnam work in this Program
are pegged at approximately US$ 500,000 both from the CGIAR consortium funds and bilateral
projects.
REVALTER (2012-2015): Multi-scale assessment of livestock development pathways in
Vietnam
This project aims to promote a new vision of livestock development in Vietnam. It assesses the
changes that affect environmental, economic and social relationships between livestock
breeding, agriculture and rural territories. It also conducts a systemic approach of livestockecosystem relationships that will be documented at the farm level, the territorial level and the
value chain level. It is funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) and in
collaboration with IPSARD/RUDEC. Other than IPSARD, REVALTER is involved in research on
dairy and pork value chains with NIAS, CASRAD and Nong Lam University of HCMC. More
information at: futurelivestock.net/index.php?language=1&cateId=1227
GEF project on AnGR (2009-2014): Conservation through utilization of animal genetic
resources
This project aims to develop breeding tools for use in low-input livestock production systems,
cost-benefit analysis tools for comparing breeding programs for different indigenous breeds

and populations and analytical frameworks for assessing policy and marketing options for farm
animal genetic resources. It is funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Asia, and the
national partner is the National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS).
Integrated indigenous pig systems and value chains (2014-2015)
This scoping study evaluates the potential of integrated indigenous pig systems and value
chains to improve livelihoods and safe pork consumption for poor ethnic minority smallholders
in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The study will be implemented in the province of Dak Lak,
where indigenous pig breeds are kept by a number of ethnic minority groups, and where ILRI
and CIAT have strong links to national partners. The study on pig animal genetic resource use
in Vietnam is expected to be finalized in early 2015. One main output will be identified new
research ideas on the field of pig genetics. The study on indigenous pig systems works across
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different CRPs and CGIAR centers investigates a range of issues on pig genetics, key
constraints, feed, food safety and markets. It is expected to lead to an overall evaluation of the
potential of indigenous pig farming systems to improve the livelihoods and safe meat
consumption of Vietnamese ethnic minorities. Further full-scale proposal development for
potential more in-depth research is also foreseen for this study. CRP Livestock and Fish funds
$100,000 for this project within its “Strengthening cross-CRP collaboration” activity.
Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics (Humidtropics)
CRP Humidtropics, a CGIAR Research Program (CRP) led by the International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture (IITA), seeks to transform the lives of the rural poor in tropical Americas,
Asia and Africa. It uses integrated systems research and unique partnership platforms for
better impact on poverty and eco-systems integrity. Its core program partners are the World
Vegetable Center (AVRDC), Bioversity International, CIAT, International Potato Center (CIP),
FARA, icipe, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), IITA, ILRI, the International Water
Management Institute (IWMI), and Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR).
One of the components of Humidtropics is the characterization of study sites through baseline
surveys. The aim of the baseline household surveys is to provide a broad set of information

that will inform coming exercises in the implementation phases of the Program. The baseline
data will also be used to establish typologies that characterize the field sites. The first baseline
household survey focuses on Son La and Dien Bien provinces of Vietnam, both of which are
within the cluster of provinces of Northwest Vietnam that have been identified as
Humidtropics action sites. The Vietnam National University of Agriculture is the principal
Vietnamese partner. The second baseline household survey is planned for implementation in
2015 in Daklak and Daknong provinces of Vietnam, which are identified as Humidtropics action
sites in Central Highlands. The TNU is the principal Vietnamese partner.
Another component of the Humidtropics CRP is the value chain assessment of major
agricultural commodities within the existing farming systems. ILRI in collaboration with
CASRAD in NW Vietnam and TNU in Central Highlands organized a Value Chain Stakeholders
Workshop in 2014. The workshop stakeholders used the LINK methodology developed by the
Center for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). The LINK methodology is very useful
participatory tool which helps to comprehend the current structure of the market chain and
key business models. The chosen methodological approach uses expert advice gathered by
stakeholders during a two day workshop. Stakeholders together with CGIAR researchers
synthesize gained information to characterize chosen value chains and key business models
within the value chain and come up with entry points for possible marketing interventions. In
the first day of the workshop participants mapped the value chains of above mentioned
commodities.
Value chain mapping helped to depict the basic arrangement of the existing value chain for
commodities. It describes the way the commodity flows from a farm gate to end markets and
illustrates how the particular value chain functions. The mapping exercise provided an
immense opportunity for multi-stakeholder debates to disclose opportunities and bottlenecks
to be addressed. The workshop participants also identified key business models within the
chosen value chains for linking smallholder farmers to dynamic markets. The developed
business model canvas for each commodity assists in establishing a grounded dialog between
smallholders, development and private actors and shows how business processes can support
local economy. It describes the enterprise‘s business model and highlights bottlenecks and
financial imbalances. More importantly, it identifies areas for upgrading and innovation.

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ILRI has also organized EXTRAPOLATE (EX-ante Tool for RAnking POLicy AlTErnatives)
Workshop in 2014 to prioritize Humidtropics entry points in NW Vietnam and Central
Highlands. Extrapolate arose out of the need for a decision support tool to assess the impact of
different policy measures. By disaggregating the effects of policy interventions the tool
facilitates discussion of the relevant issues and enables users to visualize the predicted impacts
of policy or technical interventions, based on numerical analysis. The tool serves as a “filter”
that allows the user to sift through, in an ex-ante fashion, a range of policy measures to
identify those that could be applied in a specific situation to achieve particular outcomes that
further particular development objectives. This would be the first step in assessing potential
impact before looking at identified entry points in more detail. Mainstream economics has a
wide array of tools to assess these sorts of policy changes in a rigorous and quantitative
fashion (such as policy analysis matrices, computable general equilibrium models, etc.). The
tool has the further characteristic that it is participatory in nature, encouraging stakeholder
involvement and discussion around the likely impact of interventions. The estimated budget of
CRP Humidtropics for 2014-2015 is $250,000

High-priority area 2: Mitigation of risks inherent in changing agricultural
systems
This priority area covers the following elements: i) Zoonotic emerging infectious diseases –
with an emphasis on integrated One Health or EcoHealth approaches; ii) Risks to food safety –
in dynamic livestock product markets with increasing quality and safety standards, both
biological and chemical hazards, and focus largely on wet markets where options for improved
safety are limited; and iii) Risks to system integrity and environmental services – will include
modelling of expected climate change and livestock hotspots, options for mitigation of GHGs
and for livestock-crop system adaptation to climate change and managing environmental
impacts of large-scale livestock production. Main activities of this priority area rely on 2 CRPs

Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and CCAFS that are described below.
Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (a4nh.cgiar.org)
ILRI leads the component on Agriculture-associated diseases within the Program on
‘Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health. It also targets Vietnam as one of the key study
sites in the Mekong for its research. The annual investment in A4NH and restricted project
funds from donor-supported projects is estimated at US$ 800,000.
PigRISK project (2012-2017) “Reducing Disease Risks and Improving Food Safety in
Smallholder Pig Value Chains in Vietnam”
This project aims to improve the livelihoods of rural and urban poor in Vietnam through
improved opportunities and incomes from pig value chains as a result of reduced risks
associated with pork-borne diseases. This large project focuses on assessing i) human and
economic costs of pork-borne diseases in smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam, and
opportunities for risk-management, ii) The utility of risk-based approaches to food-safety and
pork-borne diseases as opposed to the current hazard-based approach, and iii) the role of
incentive-based innovations in mitigating human and animal health risks in smallholder pig
value chains. This project is implemented in collaboration with the Vietnam National University
of Agriculture and Hanoi School of Public Health with the study sites in Nghe An and Hung Yen.
Key components include assessments, interventions and dissemination. Synergies also exist to
the L&F Research program. Available outputs include reviews of food safety and animal health
constraints among others. The 5-year project budget of US$ 2 million is funded by the
Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
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Food safety Taskforce project (2013-2015) “Taskforce of risk assessment for food safety
in Vietnam”
This project aims to assist the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam in strengthening the capacity of making decisions on
management of food safety using risk assessment that is adapted to the informal markets of
Vietnam. The project formed a risk assessment taskforce with technical experts from

universities and research institutes and from MOH and MARD. The taskforce conducted a
situational analysis of food safety policy in Vietnam and analysis evidence into policy. A special
edition of the journal of preventive medicine was published gathering original research papers
and information on risk assessment in health research in Vietnam that provides the readers.
Through the organization of 3 workshops with partners we defined the issues and priority
activities in food safety risk assessment, which led to conducting three case studies of risk
assessment. As requested by MARD/DAH, we organized two workshops to provide the
principles of risk assessment to the staffs of the Department of Animal Health (MARD) and we
ran an advanced course of risk assessment for experts in Vietnam. We also published a policy
brief on the use of risk assessment for better management of food safety. The way forward
will be to continue the discussion with the MARD and the MOH on how to institutionalize the
taskforce as a unit of a large program on risk assessment of Vietnam for its sustainability
purposes of the group. The budget is US$ 170,000 from CRP A4NH and SDC.
Participatory Video for Pig Production (2014-2015)
Participatory communication for agricultural development is an approach which seeks to shift
farmers from being passive, end-users of knowledge, to partners in its creation and
distribution. A participatory video (PV) was made in the late stages of an Australian Aid,
Collaboration for Agriculture and Rural Development (AusAid-CARD) project, entitled “A
blueprint for sustainable smallholder pig production in central Vietnam” The PV process aimed
to build and strengthen farmer clubs through group learning and through farmers learning
about experiences with the project interventions, from each other. After 4 years since its
implementation, our project evaluates the long-term impact of participatory video as a bestbet intervention for pig production in Vietnam. The study will explore the use of the PV beyond
the initial target audience (smallholder farmers in central Vietnam). Ongoing activities of the
study includes i) determine use (who, when, why) of PV, ii) determine changes in primary and
secondary farmers’ farms over the four years following the PV process (positive and negative,
both related to PV and unrelated) and causes, and iii) assess the usefulness of PV for
introducing VIETGAHP to smallholder farms.
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
CCAFS targets food security, poverty reduction and sustainable natural resource management
interventions that are robust in the face of a changing and uncertain climate, and requires a

strong ex-ante analytical capacity to diagnose points of vulnerability and asses the impacts and
trade-offs between socioeconomic and environmental goals associated with alternative
strategies. Major components of CCAFS involve foresight studies, vulnerability assessment and
ex ante impact assessment. These components have a strong capacity enhancement
component, ensuring continued use of the methods beyond CCAFS, and a strong
methodological component, developing new approaches to undertake such activities.
Within the CCAFS Program, ILRI will implement activities in close collaboration with national
and international partners in North West of Vietnam (Yen Bai, Son La, Dien Bien) and in the
Mekong delta. Three projects starting from 2015 as follows:

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PestForecast (2015-2018): Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive
diseases in Vietnam and Laos
This project aims to use surveillance and early-warning systems successfully used in other
countries and target them to important climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos. It aims
to deal with diseases by developing and disseminating maps of hotspots of climate-sensitive
diseases and piloting a real-time prediction system for encephalitis and leptospirosis (for both
Vietnam and Laos), exploring the potential of weather-based forecasting for aflatoxin
mitigation, providing climate service and early-warning system for rubber plantations in
northern Laos and disseminating and applying developed tools of pest forecast. Main national
partners include Department of Animal Health (MARD), Vietnam Institute of Meteorology,
Hydrology and Environment (IMHEN) of MONRE; and CENPHER at HSPH. It is funded by CCAFS
with a budget of US$ 1.7 million.
Mitigating GHG emissions (2015-2018): Identification and implementation support of
mitigation priorities and opportunities in rice-dominated landscapes
This project aims to use state-of-the-art models to estimate GHG emissions from Vietnamese
agriculture. This will include an analysis of hotspots of emissions, with different emission
sources (lowland and upland production systems, livestock systems) and potential sinks

(afforestation of degraded land), as well as spatially explicit evaluation of mitigation options.
Climate-smart technologies (2015-2018): Integrated agricultural technologies for
enhanced adaptive capacity and resilient livelihoods in climate-smart villages (CSVs) of
Southeast Asia
This project aims to provide climate-smart agriculture (CSA) options to enhance adaptive
capacity among CSV farmers and stakeholders and contribute to more climate-resilient
livelihoods. It will focus on integrated CSA technologies and practices which apply across
crops/farming systems create synergy with parallel research interventions for farm
productivity/food security/income generation and demonstrate potential outcomes within
farm-to-landscape setting. It is funded by CCAFS.

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Partnerships in Vietnam
Under the umbrella of the first MoU between the MARD and ILRI, ILRI established a close
research collaboration with Vietnamese partners including the National Institute of Animal
Husbandry (NIAH), now the National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS), the Center for
Agricultural Policy –Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development
(CAP-IPSARD), the National Institute of Veterinary Research (NIVR) and the Department of
Animal Health, Regional Animal Health Center in HCMC (DAH-HCMC), and Vietnam National
University of Agriculture (formerly as Hanoi University of Agriculture) under the management
of the MARD.
ILRI, as an international partner, has also been working closely with Nong Lam University in Ho
Chi Minh City, Hanoi School of Public Health, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, and Tay
Nguyen University and the IEHSD, and Soil and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI) in Hanoi.
These organizations are under the Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Health and
Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations. Table 1 lists the MoU and
Collaborative Research Agreements (CRA) with partners ILRI’s partners in Vietnam.
ILRI has been collaborating with development partners, such as Oxfam Hong Kong and CARE

International in Vietnam to implement certain development activities on pig research and
climate change and food security.
From local authorities, ILR has been collaborating with Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces
through their respective Division of Livestock, Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development to implement the Pig Risk project. For the CRP L&F and Humidtropics, we have
been working with the authorities of the province of Nghe An, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Son La, and
Yen Bai. For Ecohealth projects, the authorities of Ha Nam, Vinh Phuc, Tien Giang, and Binh
Phuoc have been involved in our work. More recently ILRI has visited the Department of
Foreign Affairs of Thanh Hoa province to discuss with DARD and MONRE of Thanh Hoa about
future collaboration.

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Capacity building for partners
Developing the capacity of partners is one of the key objectives of ILRI. Below is the list of the
main activities on capacity building that have been implemented recently:




















ILRI organized a two-week training course on food safety risk assessment in September
2013 for a task force of 30 participants, who are key to the food safety risk assessment
task force.
ILRI organized a training on EcoHealth research in 2012 for 30 participants from the
MARD, the MOH and universities.
ILRI provided training on system dynamic and ex-ante modeling in September 2014 for
VNUA and partners
ILRI has supported the Vietnam One Health and EcoHealth alliance to produce
newsletters from 2012.
ILRI trained a group of researchers from Hanoi University of Agriculture and Hanoi
School of Public Health to apply the rapid integrated assessment for nutrition and food
safety in June 2012.
ILRI held a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) for staff of DAH/MARD, Nong Lam
University in HCMC and Pasteur Institute in 2012.
ILRI funded many national researchers to attend training; conferences and workshops
oversee through research projects (Kenya, Canada, Thailand, China, Laos).
ILRI has supported Hanoi School of Public Health to develop the Center for Public
Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER) since 2011. This is one of the first research
centres in Vietnam to work on integrated approach to research, in particular on food
safety risk assessment, agricultural and health, and One Health approach
(www.hsph.edu.vn)
ILRI supported national partners to get MSc, PhD scholarships (Duong Nam Ha – VNUA
for PhD (John Allwright fellowship) in Australia 2015, Nguyen Anh Duc – VNUA for MSc

in Australia 2015, Dang Xuan Sinh – HSPH for MSc course in Germany and Thailand 2012) and leadership fellowship (John Dillon – Australia for Hung Nguyen 2014).
ILRI seconded their interns to local partners Hanoi School of Public Health (Seth
deVlieger, 2013; Nancy Ting, 2013; Terumi, 2014).
ILRI staff have supervised or co-supervised many MSc and PhD students at universities,
in particular from Nong Lam University, Hanoi School of Public Health and Hanoi
University of Agriculture.
ILRI has organized a Baseline Household Survey training for VNUA and TNU staff (2
weeks in VNUA and 1 week in TNU);
ILRI has trained VNUA and TNU staff for the use of ‘LINK’ value chain methodology and
‘Extrapolate’ entry point assessment tool.
ILRI supported the training of VNUA Vet Faculty staff on Participatory Epidemiology (12 weeks in 2013, Khon Kaen and Chiang Mai)

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Table 1: List of MoU and CRA between ILRI and Vietnamese partners 2007-2014
No

Institute

Project title

ILRI

Partner Contact
person

Period

Budget

(USD)

Carlos
Sere
Jimmy
Smith
Jimmy
Smith
Jimmy
Smith

Vu Van Tam

Tran Trung Dung

2007-2012 automatically
extended if no notice
2007-2012 automatically
extended if no notice
2013 - 2018

Bui Thi Thu Ha

2013 - 2018

Jimmy
Smith
Jimmy
Smith

La Van Kinh

1/11 - 31/12/2013

22,660

Nguyen Ngoc Que

28/10 - 31/12/2013

23,000

PP.
Jimmy
Smith
Jimmy
Smith
Jimmy
Smith
Robert
Bruce
Scott
Robert

Nguyen Tan Vui

1/11/2013 - 28/2/2014

19,424

Le Vu Anh

15/6/2012 - 31/5/2017

389,930

Tran Duc Vien

15/6/2012 - 31/5/2018

382,055

Cao Thi Bao Van

1/7/2011 - 31/3/2013

49,573

Mai Van Hiep

1/7/2011 - 29/2/2012

51,602

MoU
1
2

The Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development

Nong Lam University

3

Tay Nguyen University

4

Hanoi School of Public Health

Nguyen Hay

CRA
1
2

Institute of Animal Sciences
for Southern Vietnam
CAP/IPASRD

3

Tay Nguyen University

4

Hanoi School of Public Health

5
6

7

Review of Pig Feed Technology R&D in Vietnam under
the Livestock and Fish CRP
Senario analysis to inform pig value chain development
using an updated Vietnam Pig Sector Model (Livestock
and Fish CRP)
Pig value chain scoping study in Dak Lak and Dak Nong
under the Livestock and Fish CRP

Reducing Disease risks and improving food safety in
Small Pig Value Chains in Vietnam
Hanoi University of Agriculture Reducing Disease risks and improving food safety in
Small Pig Value Chains in Vietnam
Pasteur Institute (PIHCM)
Ecosystem Approaches to the Better management of
Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in South
East Asia
Department of Animal Health, Ecosystem Approaches to the Better management of

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8

9

10

11

Regional animal health center
(DAH - HCMC)
Nong Lam University,
Department of Animal
Physiology and Biochemistry
(NLU)
National Institute of
Veterinary Research (NIVR)
Institute of Environmental
Health and Sustainable
development (IEHSD)
Institute of Environmental
Health and Sustainable
development (IEHSD)
Vietnam National University of
Agriculture (VNUA)

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CAP/IPASRD

14

National Institute of Animal
Husbandry (NIAH)

Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in South
East Asia

Ecosystem Approaches to the Better management of
Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in South
East Asia

Bruce
Scott
Robert
Bruce
Scott

EcoZD - Slaughterhouse
Ecosystem Approaches to the Better management of
Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in South
East Asia
Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health

Household Baseline survey in Son La and Dien Bien
provinces of Vietnam, linked to the CRP on
Humidtropics
Vietnam Pig Sector Model Upgrading (Livestock and
Fish CRP)
Development and application of decision-support tools
to conserve and sustainably use genetic diversity in
indigenous livestock and wild relatives

Duong Nguyen
Khang

1/7/2011 - 29/2/2012

34,463

Carlos
Sere
Jimmy
Smith

Letrak (with NIVR)

2011-2013

52,000

Pham Duc Phuc

1/5 - 30/8/2013

26,240

Jimmy
Smith

Pham Duc Phuc

7/2013- 31/12/2014

112,719

Jimmy
Smith

Nguyen Tat Canh

9/2014 - 2/2015

36,394

Jimmy
Smith
Robert
Bruce
Scott

Nguyen Ngoc Que

15/10 - 31/12/2014

18,600

Tran Trong Them

01/6/2009 - 31/03/2014

243,234

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Outcome and impacts
Research for development at ILRI increasingly focuses more on outcomes and impact as

indicators to improve the life of people through livestock. We highlight 3 key outcomes,
impacts from recent works conducted in Vietnam.

Livestock sector restructuring policy
ILRI has worked closely with partners, in particular with CAP-IPSARD, on various policy
advocacy initiatives that were initiated in the earlier ACIAR pig competitiveness project by
producing policy papers using empirical evidence generated to support the case for
smallholder livestock systems in Vietnam. These policy advocacy efforts have engendered
positive developments as exemplified recently in the integration of smallholder livestock
transformation policy focus within a new policy on restructuring of the agricultural sector and
a new strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development and Vision to 2030. Through various
research partnerships, ILRI together with partners have contributed to shaping the livestock
sector policy directions set within MARD and in particular the development of the pig sector, in
the recently updated Livestock Strategy to 2030.

Ecohealth and One Health
Through Ecohealth and One Health work, ILRI has contributed to develop the capacity of
researchers and implementers to use novel EcoHealth approaches for better control of
zoonoses in Vietnam. The researchers and policy makers in Vietnam reported significant
increased understanding and application of EcoHealth principles with outcomes relating to
improved relationship between team members, more efficient research management,
understanding of EcoHealth research goals and benefits, and the team’s outreach to boundary
partners according to knowledge to action principles. The outreach activities provided
members an opportunity to directly engage and interact with boundary partners: paraveterinarians and health station workers at the local level. This represented an innovative
interaction outside the conventional line of command.

Food safety management with a risk-based approach
The work of A4NH, in particular on food safety, has contributed to the establishment and
development of a national taskforce for food safety risk assessment. This is the first pool of
expertise in risk assessment for food safety in Vietnam, which has contributed to the

development and implementation of risk-based approach for food safety management in the
two ministries - Health and Agriculture and Rural Development, with capacity development of
researchers from key universities and research institutes.

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Ways forwards: 2015 onwards
Historically focused mostly on Africa and South Asia, ILRI has recently developed a regional
strategy for East and Southeast Asia for the next five years 2014-2019. Vietnam is considered
as one focal country for our research investment and a hub for ILRI research in the region.
Apart from bilateral grants/projects (PigRISK, REVALTER, GEF-Asia), ILRI is actively involved in a
number of CGIAR research programs that target the Mekong Region and identifies Vietnam as
one of the action research countries. The total budget of ILRI in Vietnam has grown from US$
200,000 a year in 2007 to $1.3 million a year including staff costs and operations. From 2015,
ILRI’s estimated budget is $2.1 million per year for the next four years (Table 2) with our
increased research portfolio in the country. In addition, we have decided to set up our regional
office in Hanoi to support the expansion of ILRI’s activities and partnerships in Vietnam in
particular and in the Southeast Asia region in general.
ILRI based only one international staff member in Vietnam from 2007 to 2013. By 2014 the
number of staff in Hanoi has increased to four internationally recruited staff (IRS) and two
nationally recruited staff (NRF). From 2015, there will be six IRS and three NRS and the number
of staff will vary depending on the development of activities and available resources (Table 3).
As a global institute with two principal campuses in Nairobi, Kenya and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
where 80% of our staff are based, our working approach is to mobilize ILRI global staff to
develop activities in different countries with in-country staff, including Vietnam.
From a partnership perspective, ILRI is currently working with a range of national and
international partners to implement research for development activities in different regions
and provinces. The work plan for the next five years will require expansion of sites beyond
what had been included in the list of provinces when ILRI submitted its application for official

registration in 2012 to PACCOM. This will include the provinces of Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Thanh
Hoa, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Yen Bai, Ha Tinh, Bac Lieu, Cao Bang, Thai Binh, Hai
Phong and Lam Dong.
Finally, ILRI Headquarters has sent several delegations to visit MARD and other partners in
2014 to show ILRI’s interest in developing further activities in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. In
April 2014, the members of the Board of Trustees including the Director General and
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of ILRI visited MARD and met with MARD leadership
represented by the Vice-Minister to reiterate ILRI’s commitment to develop a long-term
partnership plan with the MARD. This plan will address livestock research for development,
building on ILRI’s work in Vietnam and aligning with the national policy on livestock sector
restructuring plan. This is the priority that ILRI will follow up closely with the MARD and ILRI’s
partners in 2015.

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Table 2: Programs/projects approved and planned for 2015 onwards
No.

Title of Programs/Projects

Project Site

Vietnamese
Partner(s)

Budget
(US$)
2015-2018

Budget
2015

Budget
2016

Budget
2017

Budget
2018

Funding sources

1

LSE/CCAFS: Pestforecast

Vietnam and
Laos

DAH/MARD,
IMHEN/MONRE,
DARD, HSPH

1,301,600

325,400

325,400

325,400

325,400

CGIAR/CCAFS, bilateral
funding

2

LSE/CCAFS: GHG mitigation
project

Vietnam

IAE, NIAPS

1,700,000

425,000

425,000

425,000

425,000

CGIAR/CCAFS, bilateral
funding

3

CRP "Livestock and Fish"
(CRP 3.7)

All over
Vietnam

2,000,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

CGIAR/L&F, bilateral
funding

4

FSZ/CRP A4NH

All over
Vietnam

NIAS, VNUA, DLP,
TNU, Nong Lam Univ,

DAH, NISF
DAH/MARD, VNUA,
HSPH, NIAS, NIVR

2,000,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

CGIAR/A4NH, ACIAR,
SDC, bilateral funding

6

CRP Humid tropics

NorthWest

VNUA, CASRAD, TNU,
NOMAFSI

1,000,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

CGIAR/CCAFS, bilateral
funding

7

Feeds and Forage

8

Office Vietnam operation

All over
Vietnam
Hanoi

MARD, PACCOM,
DARD

400,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

ILRI research
management and
research programs

8,401,600

2,100,400

2,100,400

2,100,400

2,100,400

Total

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Table 3: List of ILRI staff from 1.1.2015
No
1

Name
Lucy Lapar

Position
Senior Scientist on
Markets, Gender,
Livelihood

Nationality
Filipino

Start date
1-Jan-2006

2

Fred Unger

Senior scientistVeterinary
Epidemiologist

German

18-Feb2014

3

Aziz Karimov

Uzbek

1-Jan-2014

4

Randall Scott
Ritzema

Scientist - Agricultural
Economist
Scientist- System
Analysis

American

1-Jan-2015

5

Hung Nguyen-Viet

Senior Scientist - Food
Safety and EcoHealth

Vietnamese

1-Jan-2014

6
7
8
9

Nguyen Thi Thinh
Luong Dinh Lan
Nguyen Le Thanh
NN

Research Assistant
Value Chain Manager
Admin officer
Postdoc

Vietnamese
Vietnamese
Vietnamese
NA

1-Oct-2014
17-Dec-14
1-Jan-2015
1-Feb-2015

10

Pham Duc Thanh

Office Manager

Vietnamese

1-Jan-2007

11

Nguyen Thi Hong
Nhung

Financial officer

Vietnamese

1-Jan-2013

Remark
Country
representative
until 30
November
2014

Country
representative
from 1 Dec
2014, joint
appointment
with Swiss TPH
and HSPH

Recruitment in
progress
20% Shared
with ICRAF

40%Shared
with ICRAF

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Publications
International peer-reviewed journals
1.
2.
3.

4.

5.

6.

7.
8.

9.

10.

11.

12.
16.
17.

Nguyen-Viet H et al. Ecohealth in South East Asia: Past, Present and the Future. Infectious
Diseases of Poverty (In press).
Saint-Charles J, Webb J, Sanchez A, Mallee H, van Wendel de Joode B, Nguyen-Viet H:
Ecohealth as a field: looking forward. EcoHealth 2014, 11:300-307.
Pham-Duc P, Nguyen-Viet H, Hattendorf J, Cam PD, Zurbrugg C, Zinsstag J, Odermatt P:
Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam
province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use. BMC Public Health 2014,
14:978.
Nguyen V, Nguyen-Viet H, Pham-Duc P, Wiese M: Scenario planning for community
development in Vietnam: a new tool for integrated health approaches? Glob Health Action
2014, 7:24482.
Nguyen V, Nguyen-Viet H, Pham-Duc P, Stephen C, McEwen S: Identifying the
impediments and enablers of ecohealth for a case study on health and environmental
sanitation in Hà Nam, Vietnam. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014, 3.
Huy TB, Tuyet-Hanh TT, Johnston R, Nguyen-Viet H: Assessing health risk due to exposure
to arsenic in drinking water in Hanam Province, Vietnam. International journal of
environmental research and public health 2014, 11:7575-7591.
Van Minh H, Nguyen-Viet H, Thanh NH, Yang JC: Assessing willingness to pay for improved
sanitation in rural Vietnam. Environ Health Prev Med 2013, 18:275-284.
Pham-Duc P, Nguyen-Viet H, Hattendorf J, Zinsstag J, Phung-Dac C, Zurbrugg C, Odermatt
P: Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections associated with wastewater and
human excreta use in agriculture in Vietnam. Parasitol Int 2013, 62:172-180.
Hall D, Nguyen-Viet H, Wilyanto I, Tung DX, Chotinun S: Improving food safety in Asia
through increased capacity in ecohealth. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology 2013,
5:336-340.
Grace D, Gilbert J, Lapar ML, Unger F, Fevre S, Nguyen-Viet H, Schelling E: Zoonotic
emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: insights from
ecohealth. EcoHealth 2011, 8:55-62.
Jabbar, M. and Akter, S. 2008. Market and Other Factors Affecting Farm Specific

Production Efficiency in Pig Production in Vietnam. Journal of International Food &
Agribusiness Marketing, Vol. 20(3) 2008, pp. 29-53.
12. Tisdell, Que N. Nguyen, Ma. Lucila Lapar,Widget has been deactivated.
rgreq-6786b590-e0db-4d7e-ad38-ed0dd6ae124d
Toan N. Nguyen. 2012. The economics of small-scale household pig production in Vietnam:
survey Results, analysis, and assessment. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development
01/2012; 9(3):110.

National peer-reviewed journals
1.

Dang Xuan Sinh, Pham Duc Phuc, Luu Quoc Toan, Nguyen Mai Huong, Trinh Thu Hang,
Nguyen Hung Long, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2014. Assessment of tetracycline and

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.
11.

12.

13.

fluoroquinolones residues in pork in Hung Yen province. Journal of Practical Medicine, No
5 (933+934), 2014: p127-130.
Dang Xuan Sinh, Pham Duc Phuc, Nguyen Hai Nam, Nguyen Tien Thanh, Vu Thi Kim Hue,
Nguyen Hung Long, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2014. Salmonella cross-contamination of pork for
health risk assessment: Simulation of cooking preparation at households. Journal of
Practical Medicine, No 5 (933+934), 2014: p233-237.
Kieu Thanh Truc, Luu Quoc Toan, Dang Xuan Sinh, Pham Duc Phuc, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh,
Nguyen Hung Long, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2014. Risk assessment of E. coli, G. lamblia and C.
parvum in raw spinach grown on nhue river in Hanam. Journal of Practical Medicine, No 5
(933+934), 2014: p237-240.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa, Nguyen Viet Hung, Dang Xuan Sinh, Pham Duc Phuc, Nguyen Tien
Thanh, Luu Quoc Toan. 2014. Rapid integrated assessment on food safety related to pork
consumers in Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces. Journal of Practical Medicine, No 5
(933+934), 2014: p230-233.
Luu Quoc Toan, Dang Xuan Sinh, Nguyen Viet Hung, Nguyen Hung Long, Pham Duc Phuc.
2014. Assessment on lead and cadmium pollution in tilapia and water spinach cultivated in
Nhue River related to human health risk in Hanam. Journal of Practical Medicine, No 5
(933+934), 2014: p130-134.
Le Thi Huyen Trang, Luu Quoc Toan, Dang Xuan Sinh, Pham Duc Phuc, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh,
Nguyen Hung Long, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2014. Study on E. coli and helminthes egg

prevalence in fresh vegetable served to bun cha dish in Hanoi. Journal of Practical
Medicine, No 5 (933+934), 2014: p134-136.
Nguyen-Viet, H., H. P. Giang and X. D. Tung (2013). "Field Building Leadership Initiative:
Advancing Ecohealth in Southeast Asia - The first year journey." 10th Year Anniversary of
Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific. Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia
Pacific (VPHCAP), Chiang Mai University(1): 192-197.
Sinh, D. X., H. Nguyen-Viet, T. Meeyam and R. Fries (2013). "Quantifying Salmonella
Contamination in Pig Slaughterhouses in Hung Yen, Vietnam." 10th Year Anniversary of
Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific, Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia
Pacific (VPHCAP), Chiang Mai University(1): 144-148.
Nguyen-Viet, H., Pham Duc Phuc, Le Vu Anh, Phung Dac Cam, Jakob Zinsstag (2014). One
Health: Integrated approach for research and intervention to improve the health of
human, animal and the environment. Vietnam Science and Technology Review of the
Ministry of Science and Technology. 1(2014): 44-48.
Luu Quoc Toan, Nguyen Viet Hung, Bui Mai Huong. 2013. Risk assessment of Salmonella in
pork in Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(4): 10-17.
Phung Tri Dung, Nguyen Viet Hung, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh. 2013. Health risk due to exposure
to Chlorpyrifos for farmers in Thai Binh: probabilistic risk assessment. Journal of Preventive
Medicine. 23(4): 26-35.
Bui Huy Tung, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2013. Risk assessment of arsenic
contamination in tube-well drinking water in Hanam province. Journal of Preventive
Medicine. 23(4): 10-17.
Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh, Le Vu Anh, Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2013.
Environmental health risk assessment of dioxin in food in Da Nang dioxin hot spot. Journal
of Preventive Medicine. 23(4): 48-58.
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14. Pham Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Tien Thanh, Tran Thi Hanh, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2013. Prevalence
of Salmonella contamination in pig and pork at farm and slaughterhouse in the Northern

provinces of Vietnam. Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(4): 59-66.
15. Nguyen Viet Hung, Le Thi Thanh Huong. 2013. Air pollution as a health issue on Hanoi: an
opportunity for intensified research to inform public policy. Journal of Preventive
Medicine. 23(4): 67-76.
16. Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2013. Environmental health risk communication:
concept, principles, and challenges. Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(4): 77-82.
17. Pham Duc Phuc, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Nguyen Viet Hung. 2013. Training and research
programmes in health risk assessment in Vietnam. Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(4):
83-87.
18. Nguyen Viet Hung. 2013. Taskforce of Risk Assessment for food safety in Vietnam: linking
science to policy to increase food safety and livelihood generation of the poor farmers.
Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(4): 90-93.
19. Nguyen Viet Hung, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh. 2013. Research projects on health risk
assessment implemented by the Hanoi School of Public Health. Journal of Preventive
Medicine. 23(4): 94-99.
20. Fahrion A.S., Lapar M. L., Nguyen Ngoc Toan, Do Ngoc Thuy, Grace D. 2012. Food-borne
hazard in transforming pork value chain in Hanoi: basis for future risk assessment. Journal
of Preventive Medicine. 23(4): 18-25.
21. Nguyen Viet Khong, Pham Thi Ngoc, Dinh Xuan Tung, Lapar Ma Lucila, Fred Unger,
Nguyen-Viet H., Pham Duc Phuc, Pham Thi Nga, Gilbert Jeffrey. 2012. Hygienic practices
and microbial contamination of small-scale poultry slaughterhouses at peri-urban areas of
Hanoi, Vietnam. Agriculture and Rural Development. 12(2): 60-67.

Books and book chapters
1.

2.

3.

Hung Nguyen-Viet, Vi Nguyen, Pham Duc Phuc, Le Vu Anh, Phung Dac Cam, Marcel Tanner,
Peter Odermatt, Delia Grace, Christian Zurbrügg, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Vu Van Tu, Luu
Quoc Toan, Dang Xuan Sinh, Pham Thi Huong Giang, Jakob Zinsstag (2015). Institutional
research capacity development for integrated approaches in developing countries: an
example from Vietnam. In J. Zinsstag, E. Schelling, D. Waltner-Toews, M. Whittaker & M.
Tanner (Eds.), One Health: The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches. CAB
International, Wallingford, UK.
Hung Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Pham-Duc, Vi Nguyen, Marcel Tanner, Peter Odermatt, Tu VuVan, Hoang Van Minh, Christian Zurbrügg, Esther Schelling, Jakob Zinsstag (2015). A One
Health perspective for integrated human and animal sanitation and nutrient recycling. In J.
Zinsstag, E. Schelling, D. Waltner-Toews, M. Whittaker & M. Tanner (Eds.), One Health: The
Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
Tisdell, C., Lapar, ML., Staal, S., Nguyen, NQ. 2010. Natural protection from international
competition in the livestock industry: analysis, examples, and Vietnam's pork market as a
case, Agricultural Economics: New Research, T. H. Lee (ed). Nova Science Publishers. pp
155-170.

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Policy briefs
1.

Nguyen-Viet, H., Tuyet-Hanh, T. T., Pham-Duc, P., & Grace, D. (2013). Using risk
assessment tools for food safety management in Vietnam. In
ThammaratKoottatep.Pathumthani (Ed.), Evidence for Policy Series, Regional edition
Southeast Asia, No. 5. Thailand: NCCR North-South.

Research briefs
1. Hung Nguyen-Viet, Unger, F., Gilbert, J., McDermott, J., Lapar, L., Mehta-Bhatt, P.,
Pham Duc Phuc, Dang Xuan Sinh, Grace, D. (2014). One Health and Ecohealth in

Southeast Asia: Highlights of research by the International Livestock Research
Institute and its partners. ILRI Research Brief No 26. Hanoi, Vietnam: ILRI.
2.

Jeffrey Gilbert, Delia Grace, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar, Rainer Assé, Korapin Tohtubtiang,
Khieu Borin, Yang Guorong, Winda Digna, Mai Van Hiep and Amanda Wyatt. 2014.
Increasing awareness of zoonotic diseases among health workers and rural communities in
Southeast Asia. ILRI Research Brief 15. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

3.

Gilbert, J., Grace, D., Unger, F., Lapar, M.L., Asse, R., Tohtubtiang, K., Khieu Borin, Yang
Guorong, Winda Digna, Mai Van Hiep, Suwit Chotinun, Tongkorn Meeyam, Dyah Ayu
Widiasih and Wyatt, A. 2014. Outcomes in building capacity and strengthening networks:
Ecohealth in Southeast Asia. ILRI Research Brief 16. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

4.

Jeffrey Gilbert, Delia Grace, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar, Rainer Assé, Korapin Tohtubtiang,
Khieu Borin, Yang Guorong, Winda Digna, Mai Van Hiep, Suwit Chotinun and Amanda
Wyatt. 2014.Engaging stakeholders to manage emerging zoonotic diseases in Southeast
Asia. ILRI Research Brief 14. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

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