Decision No. 2625/QD-BNN-TY promulgating the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Use Management and Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention in Animal Husbandry and Aquaculture in the 2017-2020 Period.

The common objective of this National Action Plan is: Minimize the risk of antimicrobial resistance among the community by controlling antimicrobial use in animal husbandry and aquaculture in Vietnam.
To achieve the above common objective, the Action Plan proposes the following specific objectives: 1. Review, amend and implement management regulations and policies relevant to antimicrobial resistance and use in animal husbandry and aquaculture. 2. Raise awareness of antimicrobial use and the risk of antimicrobial resistance among technical staff, food and agricultural specialists, farmers and consumers. 3. Adopt good practice in diagnosis, treatment, animal feed production, animal husbandry and aquaculture. 4. Carry out surveillance of antimicrobial use, residue and resistance in animal husbandry and aquaculture. 5. Facilitate interdisciplinary activities in antimicrobial resistance management.
The main tasks proposed in the Action Plan include: 1. Consolidating the system of directing management of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance; 2. Perfecting the legislative document on management of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance; 3. Inspecting the implementation of legislative documents; 4. Raising awareness of antimicrobial use and the risk of antimicrobial resistance; 5. Adopting good practice in treatment, animal feed production, animal husbandry and aquaculture; 6. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, use, and residue ; 7. Increasing interdisciplinary activities in antimicrobial resistance management.
The Action Plan sets up activities to be carried out in the 2017-2020 period, which include: Establish the Steering Subcommittee for Prevention of antimicrobial resistance in animal husbandry and aquaculture in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Gradually eliminate to and eventually prohibit the use of antimicrobials for animal growth stimulation (pursuant to Circular No. 06/2016/TT-BNNPTNT); Formulate documents for restriction and eventual prohibition of antimicrobial use for disease prevention in animals; Inspect the entities related to trade or use of antimicrobials in animal husbandry and aquaculture, from import to farms; Step up surveillance of antimicrobial residue in animal-based food produced for both export and domestic consumption, and announcement of the results; Create guidelines for antimicrobial use in animal husbandry and aquaculture using the risk assessment approach; etc.