The project “Strengthening Capacity for the Implementation of One Health in Vietnam” aims to minimize infectious diseases. (Photo: VNA)

(VOVworld) - The US has provided Vietnam with US$800,000 in aid to reduce threats to public health from avian and pandemic influenza (API). 

The funds will be used to implement a project entitled “Strengthening Capacity for the Implementation of One Health in Vietnam” from now until September 2015, in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Health.

The project contributes to the development of a revised and improved model for combating avian and pandemic influenza as well as other emerging infectious diseases.

It will also buttress a national policy of improving dialogue and sharing knowledge with Vietnam in regional and international networks, and support for Vietnam in raising its image in dealing with pandemic threats.