The LAW on prevention of infectious diseases _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1992 was revised, some additional articles by resolution No. 51/2001/QH10;
Congress enacted the law on prevention of infectious diseases, chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS article 1. Scope, application object 1. This law the provisions on prevention of infectious diseases; border health quarantine; epidemic; the conditions of guarantee for the prevention of infectious disease in humans.
The prevention of virus infection causing immunodeficiency syndrome made in people (HIV/AIDS) are not in the scope of this law.
2. This law applies to agencies, organizations, individuals in the country and abroad in Vietnam.
Article 2. Explanation of terms In this law, the terms below are interpreted as follows: 1. Infectious Diseases are diseases transmitted directly or indirectly from a person or from animal to person due to infectious pathogens.
2. infectious pathogens are viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi have the ability to cause infectious diseases.
3. Intermediate transmission is insects, animals, the environment, food and other items carrying infectious pathogens and potentially transmit disease.
4. The person is infectious disease infection infectious pathogens have manifested symptoms of the disease.
5. People carrying infectious pathogens are carriers of infectious pathogens but not have manifested symptoms of the disease.
6. Contact Person who is exposed to the infectious disease, who brings an infectious pathogen, mediated transmission and potentially infected.
7. People suspected of infectious disease is exposure or who have manifested symptoms of infectious diseases but unknown pathogens.
8. infectious disease surveillance is the gathering of information constantly, systematically on the situation, the trend of infectious diseases, analysis, interpretation in order to provide information for the planning, implementation and evaluation of effective measures for prevention of infectious diseases.
9. Biosafety in laboratory tests is the use of measures to minimize or eliminate the risk of transmission of infectious pathogens in the base test, from the basis of tests into the environment and the community.
10. The vaccine Antigen-containing preparations is created for the body immune response capabilities, is used for the purpose of prevention.
11. B. health product is a product of biological origin are used for prevention, diagnosis and cure for the people.
12. immune status is the level of resistance of the individual or the community with an infectious pathogens.
13. Room is the occurrence of infectious diseases with the number of patients exceeds the number of people infected normally expected in a defined period of time in a certain area.
14. The room is designated competent authorities determine room.
15. The danger room is adjacent with the interpreter or translation factors appear.
16. medical isolation is the separate people with infectious diseases, people suspected of infectious disease, who brings an infectious pathogen or organisms capable of carrying infectious pathogens in order to limit the spread of the disease.
17. Handle health is implementing measures to use vaccines, medical products, health quarantine, cleansing, removal of infectious pathogens, mediated diseases and other health measures.
Article 3. Infectious disease classification 1. Infectious diseases include the following:-group a) Group A includes the dangerous infectious diseases likely to spread very fast, wide dispersal and mortality is high or unknown pathogens.
Infectious diseases in the Group A includes illness; influenza A-H5N1; the plague; smallpox; hemorrhagic fever caused by the virus of Ecuador-Bolivia-la (Ebola), Slice-sa (Lassa) or Grade-bớc (Marburg); West Nile fever (Nile); yellow fever; cholera; respiratory inflammatory disease caused by viruses and risky new infectious diseases arise unknown pathogens;
b) Group B consists of dangerous infectious diseases likely to spread quickly and can be fatal.
Infectious diseases in the Group B includes shingles A-de-slavery (Adeno); shingles causes immunodeficiency syndrome made in people (HIV/AIDS); diphtheria; the flu; rabies; pertussis disease; tuberculosis; the disease caused by swine Streptococcus in person; dysentery A-míp (Amibe); dysentery users; mumps; Posted Burger fever (Dengue), dengue (Dengue) Burger Post; malaria; typhus; measles; hand-foot-mouth disease; anthrax; chickenpox; typhoid; tetanus; ill-aerated concrete-Wen (Rubeon); hepatitis a virus; meningitis due to brain tissue. disease encephalitis viruses; spiral bacteria disease jaundice; diarrhea caused by the virus of diamonds (Rota);
c) Group C includes infectious disease less dangerous, likely to spread fast.
Infectious diseases in Group C include illnesses caused by the flag-la-my-ride-a (Chlamydia); syphilis; the diseases caused by worms; Gonorrhea; the disease trachoma; the disease caused by the fungus Can-go-it-security-bi-stretch (Candida albicans); sick-ca-go-a (Nocardia); leprosy; shingles-Moto-enthusiasts-ga-lot (Cytomegalo); shingles (Herpes) Persian hectares; tapeworm diseases; many liver diseases; San lung disease; many disease leaves the small intestine; fever; fever News-safety deposit box-si-a (Rickettsia); hemorrhagic fever caused by the virus Han (Hanta); the disease caused by the sheet-ri-you-ragged (Trichomonas); inflammatory skin diseases infectious pustule; throats, inflammation of the mouth, inflammation of the heart due to the virus Bangkok-correctly-ki (Coxsakie); inflammatory bowel disease due to Sensory-go-a (Giardia); inflammatory bowel disease due to Micro-banks-ri-box Pa-ra-Oh-ly-ti-quail (Vibrio Parahaemolyticus) and other infectious diseases.
2. Minister of health decided to adjust, supplement the list of infectious diseases in the group specified in clause 1 of this article.
Article 4. The principle of prevention of infectious diseases 1. Taking prevention as main in which the information, education, communication, surveillance of infectious diseases is the predominant remedies. Combined measures of medical engineering expertise with social, administrative measures in the prevention of infectious diseases.
2. Do interdisciplinary coordination and mobilizing society in the prevention of infectious diseases; integrating the active prevention of infectious diseases in the program of social-economic development.
3. Public, accurate, timely information about the room.
4. Proactive, positive, timely, thoroughly in prevention activities.
Article 5. The State's policy on prevention of infectious diseases 1. Priority support, specialized training of preventive medicine.
2. The priority of capacity investment staff, monitoring systems detect infectious diseases, vaccine production research, medical products.
3. support, encourage scientific research, training and exchange of experts, technical transfer in the prevention of infectious diseases.
4. care, treatment support sufferers of infectious diseases due to occupational risk and in case of need.
5. support the damages for the destruction of cattle, poultry carrying infectious pathogens in accordance with the law.
6. Mobilizing financial contributions, technical and human resources of the whole society in the prevention of infectious diseases.
7. Expanded collaboration with international organizations, countries in the region and the world in the prevention of infectious diseases.
Article 6. State Agency on prevention of infectious diseases 1. The unified Government to manage state on the prevention against infectious disease, within the country.
2. The Ministry of health is responsible before the Government implement state management on prevention against infectious disease within the country.
3. The ministries, ministerial-level agencies in the scope of its powers, the mission is responsible, in coordination with the Ministry of health in implementing State management of infectious disease prevention.
4. the people's Committee of the level of implementation of State management of infectious disease prevention under the decentralization of Government.
Article 7. The responsibility of agencies, organizations, individuals in the prevention of infectious disease 1. Agencies, organizations, people's armed unit within the mission, powers was given the responsibility to build and organize the implementation of the plan on prevention of infectious diseases; tight coordination, support each other when there's room occurs and compliance, executive leadership, operating against their Steering Committee.
2. the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Member organization is responsible for advocacy, mobilizing the people to participate, against infectious diseases; participate in monitoring the implementation of the law on prevention of infectious diseases.
3. the authorities, institutions and individuals in the country and abroad in Vietnam have a responsibility to participate in prevention of infectious diseases under the provisions of this law.
Article 8. The prohibited acts 1. Intentionally do spread of infectious pathogens.
2. People with infectious diseases, people suspected of infectious disease and infectious disease carriers who make the work easy transmission of infectious pathogens in accordance with the law.
3. Hiding, not reporting or not timely report the cases of the infectious disease under the provisions of the law.
4. Knowingly reporting false information about infectious diseases.
5. Discrimination and take pictures, negative information about people with infectious diseases.
6. Do not deploy or not deploy timely measures for prevention of infectious diseases under the provisions of this law.
7. no executive measures for prevention of infectious diseases at the request of the Agency, the competent organization.
Chapter II the ROOM category 1 INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFORMATION, education, communication on prevention of INFECTIOUS DISEASES article 9. The content of information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases 1. The way, the party's undertakings, the policy, the State's law on prevention of infectious diseases.
2. The cause, transmission lines, how to recognize the disease and measures for prevention of infectious diseases.
3. Consequences of infectious diseases on the health, human life and socio-economic development of the country.
4. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations, individuals in the prevention of infectious diseases.

Article 10. The subject of the information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases 1. Everyone access to the information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases.
2. People with infectious diseases, people suspected of infectious disease, who brings an infectious pathogen, the people in their family and the objects in the room, the danger room priority access to information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases.
Article 11. Request of information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases 1. Accurate, clear, easy to understand, practical, timely.
2. Match objects, cultural traditions, ethnic, social, religious ethics, beliefs and customs.
Article 12. Responsible for the information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases 1. Agencies, organizations, people's armed unit within the mission, his powers are responsible for the information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases.
2. The Ministry of health is responsible, in coordination with relevant agencies in providing accurate and timely information about infectious diseases.
3. The Ministry of information and communications is responsible for directing the body mass communication media, information often on prevention of infectious diseases, prevention program infectious diseases with information programs, other media.
4. The Ministry of education and training is responsible for chairing, in cooperation with the Ministry of health, Ministry of labour, invalids and Social Affairs, ministries, ministerial agencies concerned to build educational content, prevention of infectious disease in combination with other educational content.
5. the people's Committee responsible for directing the Organization, information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases for local people.
6. The mass information bodies responsible for priority of the moment, broadcast time to the information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases on radio, television; the amount and location of posted on the print, report, e-newspapers specified by the Ministry of information and communication. The information, education, communication on prevention of infectious diseases on the mass media which does not charge a fee, unless done under contract with the program, project or individual organization in the country, foreign funding.
Section 2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES ROOM HYGIENE article 13. Infectious diseases room hygiene in educational establishments in the national education system 1. The institution must build in a high place, clean, far from where contaminated enough running water, sanitation; classrooms are airy, light enough; the food used in educational establishments to ensure quality, safety and hygiene.
2. Educational institutions have the responsibility to educate people about hygiene and infectious disease rooms include personal hygiene, hygiene, and sanitation workers.
3. the medical units of the institution responsible for the propaganda about hygiene and prevention; check monitoring, sanitation, food safety and implementation of measures for prevention of infectious diseases.
4. The Minister of Health issued a national technical regulation on hygiene prevention in educational institutions specified in paragraph 1 of this article.
Article 14. Hygiene in water supply, sanitation and domestic water source 1. Clean water to ensure national technical standards prescribed by the Minister of health.
2. The facility provides clean water is responsible for the application of technical measures, preserve environmental hygiene, self test to ensure the quality of potable water.
3. the competent State agencies on health is responsible for regularly checking the water quality due to the facilities provided; check the periodic health examination for workers working at the base to provide clean water.
4. the people's Committee responsible for organizing the defense, maintaining hygiene, not to water pollution; create the conditions for the supply of clean water.
5. Agencies, organizations, individuals have the responsibility to protect, preserve, not to water sources pollution.
Article 15. Hygiene in animal husbandry, transport, slaughter, destruction of livestock, poultry and other animals 1. The breeding, transport, slaughter, destruction of livestock, poultry and other animals to ensure hygiene, do not pollute the environment, the source of living water or spreading of infectious pathogens.
2. the competent State agencies about the vet is responsible for guiding the Organization, individuals perform hygiene measures in animal husbandry, transport, slaughter, destruction of livestock, poultry and other animals to prevent transmission of disease to humans.
Article 16. Food safety 1. The Organization, personal cultivation, livestock breeding, fishing, harvesting, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, sales of food have a responsibility to ensure food is not infected with the contagious pathogens and the implementation of the provisions of the legislation on food safety.
2. The consumers have the right to provide information about food hygiene and safety; responsible for implementation of the food hygiene and safety, the full implementation of the guidelines on food safety, food poisoning and food-borne diseases.
3. the competent State Agency on food safety and hygiene is responsible for guiding the Organization, individuals perform the measures ensuring food safety to prevention of infectious diseases.
Article 17. Hygiene in building 1. When the construction works must comply with the national technical regulation on hygiene in the construction according to the regulations of the Minister of health.
2. Investment project for the construction of industrial zones, urban, residential, medical establishments, cure diseases only built after the evaluation of the competent health authorities of the report reviews the health effects.
3. The base doctor, cure infectious diseases, the basis of the risk of transmission of infectious pathogens must have environmental safety distance for the residential nature reserve, according to the regulation of the Minister of health.
4. Agencies, organizations, individuals are responsible for ensuring the implementation of hygiene in the construction.
Article 18. Hygiene in the operations, marinated, burial, move the body, remains 1. People have to be held at the latest 48 hours is buried after death, unless the body is preserved as specified by the Minister of health; for people with infectious diseases or suspected infectious disease in A group of death, the corpse must be buried at organization and bactericidal within 24 hours.
2. The preservation, operations, marinated, burial, the remains of bodies, moving to follow the regulations of the Minister of health.
Article 19. Other activities in infectious diseases room hygiene 1. Agencies, organizations, individuals must take measures to ensure hygiene in public places, where the production, trade, transport, industry, waste processing activities and measures to ensure sanitation in accordance with the relevant legislation in order not to give rise to , the spread of infectious diseases.
2. Every person has a responsibility to perform personal hygiene to prevent infection.
Item 3 article 20 INFECTIOUS DISEASES SURVEILLANCE. Infectious disease surveillance activities 1. Monitoring of cases of the disease, and the disease is suspected of carrying infectious pathogens.
2. Monitoring of infectious pathogens.
3. intermediate monitoring of transmission.
Article 21. Infectious disease monitoring contents 1. Monitoring of cases of the disease, and the disease is suspected of carrying infectious pathogens including information about location, time, cases of illness, mortality; the condition; immune status; principal characteristics of the population and the other necessary information.
In case of need, the competent health authorities are testing samples in suspected infectious disease to monitor.
2. Monitoring of infectious pathogens include the related information about types, biological characteristics and method of transmission from infectious source.
3. intermediate monitoring of transmission include the information regarding the quantities, density, composition and degree of infection of infectious pathogens mediate the transmission.
Article 22. Infectious disease surveillance report 1. Infectious disease surveillance reports must be submitted to the competent State agencies on health. Content of the infectious disease surveillance report including the information specified in article 21 of this law.
2. the surveillance reports of infectious disease must be made in writing; in case of emergency, can make the report through fax, e-mail, telegram, telephone or direct and report within 24 hours to send the report in writing.
3. Modes of infectious disease surveillance reports include: a) periodic reports;
b) quick report;
c) report.
4. the competent State agencies on health when receiving the report must process the information and notify the Agency to send the report.
5. In the cases identified, the competent State agencies of health must report immediately to the competent State agencies and health authorities announced.
6. Minister of health prescribing mode specific information, to report infectious diseases.
Article 23. Responsible for monitoring infectious disease 1. The people's Committee issued the direction, implementation of monitoring infectious disease locally.
2. the competent State agencies on health is responsible for helping the people's committees at the same level in the direction of the medical surveillance of infectious diseases.
3. medical facility is responsible for performing the activity of monitoring infectious diseases. When discovery environment that infectious pathogens in Group A, the infectious disease in the Group A, people suspected of infectious disease in the Group A, who brought A group of infectious pathogens, health establishments must inform the competent State agencies on health deployment, hygiene, disinfection, cleansing and measures for prevention of other infectious diseases.

4. Agencies, organizations, individuals when disease or infectious disease markers are responsible to notify the people's Committee, the medical professional bodies or the nearest health facilities.
5. During the implementation of communicable disease surveillance, laboratory facility is responsible to conduct the tests at the request of the competent health authorities.
6. The Secretary of the Ministry of Health issued regulations technical expertise in infectious disease surveillance.
7. The Ministry of agriculture and rural development, Ministry of natural resources and environment and the Ministry, ministerial-level agencies when performing tasks, powers in the range of his governance, if detection of infectious pathogens are responsible for coordinating with the Department of health in monitoring activities.
Item 4 BIOSAFETY in the EXAMINATION of article 24. Ensure biosafety in laboratory 1. The lab must ensure biosecurity conditions suit every level and only conducted tests in the range of expertise after the competent State agencies of health certification standard of biological safety.
2. Government regulations specific to ensure biosafety in laboratory.
Article 25. Sample swabs management 1. The collection, transport, storage, retention, use, study, Exchange and destruction of samples samples related to infectious disease-causing agents to comply with rules on management mode sample swabs.
2. Only qualified new facility be preserved, stored, used, research, Exchange and destruction of samples samples of infectious diseases in group a. 3. The Minister of health specified management mode sample swabs and condition of facilities management sample swabs prescribed in clause 1 and clause 2 of this Thing.
Article 26. Protection of people working in the Lab 1. People working in the lab exposed to infectious pathogens must be training in professional knowledge, practice skills and personal protective equipment for prevention of infection of infectious pathogens.
2. People working in laboratory exposure to infectious pathogens must obey the process technical expertise in tests.
Section 5 USE of VACCINES, BIOLOGICAL medical PREVENTION article 27. The principle of using the vaccine, health products 1. Vaccines, medical products used must ensure the conditions specified in article 36 of the law on pharmacy.
2. Vaccines, medical products used in the form of voluntary or compulsory.
3. Vaccines, medical products must be properly used the purpose, audience, time, type and process techniques used.
4. The vaccine, medical products must be used at medical institutions are eligible.
Article 28. Use vaccines, voluntary health products 1. Everyone has the right to use vaccines, biological health to health protection for themselves and for the community.
2. State support and encourage citizens to voluntarily use vaccines, medical products.
3. A physician, medical staff directly involved in health care, treatment for the infectious disease, who worked in the lab exposed to infectious pathogens are using free vaccines, medical products.
Article 29. Use vaccines, compulsory health products 1. The risk of infectious disease in the region and to have the room required to use vaccines, health products for diseases that vaccines, medical products unit.
2. children, pregnant women have to use vaccines, medical products required for infectious diseases in the expanded immunization program.
3. The father, mother or guardian of the child and the people responsible for implementing the requirements of the competent medical facility in the use of vaccines, medical products required.
4. Free use of vaccines, medical products required in the following cases: a) who have the risk of infectious diseases in the region;
b) Who are the competent State agencies sent to the room;
c) objects defined in paragraph 2 of this Article.
Article 30. The responsibilities in the organization using the vaccine, health products 1. The State has the responsibility to ensure funding for the use of vaccines, medical products provided for in paragraph 3 to article 28 and Article 29, paragraph 4 of this law.
2. The Minister of health is responsible for: a) issued the list of infectious diseases to use vaccines, compulsory health products specified in paragraph 1 to article 29 of this law;
b) organize the deployment of the expanded immunization program and rules category infectious disease must use vaccines, medical products required, age of the children in the audience of the expanded immunization program prescribed in clause 2 Article 29 of this law;
c) stipulated the scope and the object must use vaccines, medical products required according to the situation room;
d) regulating the use of vaccines, medical products prescribed in paragraph 3 of article 27 of this Law; conditions of the medical facility prescribed in clause 4 article 27 of this law;
DD) regulating the establishment, organization and activities of the specialized Advisory Council to review the cause when there are accidents in the process of using vaccines, medical products prescribed in clause 5 and clause 6 of this Article.
3. the people's committees, the central cities (hereafter referred to as the provincial people's Committee) is responsible for directing the organization deploying vaccinations, vaccines, biological medical products.
4. medical facility is responsible for implementation of the immunization, vaccines, biological medical products in the professional range prescribed by the Minister of health.
5. organizations, individual business, production, preservation of vaccines, medical products and people working on immunization, vaccines, biological medical errors in the production, sales, storage, use, vaccines, medical products, they must take responsibility for its violation cause for people who used vaccines medical products, in accordance with the law.
6. When implementing the expanded immunization, if happen serious impact hazard to health or cause damage to the computer networks of people who are vaccinated, the State has the responsibility to compensate the victims. The case determined the errors belong to organizations, individual business, production, preservation of vaccines, medical products or people working on immunization, the Organization, this individual must reimburse the State under the provisions of the law.
6 rooms category INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTION in the PATIENT BASE, healing article 31. Preventive measures of infection of infectious diseases at the medical facility, healing 1. Quarantined people with infectious diseases.
2. Kill bacteria, disinfecting the environment and waste management at the base hospital, healing.
3. Protective individual, personal hygiene.
4. other professional measures prescribed by the law.
Article 32. The responsibility of the base doctor, cure of contagious infectious diseases room 1. Implement appropriate isolation measures for each group of diseases; comprehensive care for people with infectious diseases. The case of the sick person does not perform the quarantine requirements of medical facility, healing, then the apply coercive measures were separated according to the regulations of the Government.
2. Implementation of measures environmental decontamination, sterilization and waste disposal at the base hospital, healing.
3. Secure the hedge outfit, personal hygiene conditions for medical staff, physician, sick people and sick people.
4. track your health physician, medical staff directly involved in the care, treatment of infectious patients in Group A.
5. reporting of information related to infectious disease people for health authority at the same level.
6. Perform other specialized measures prescribed by the law.
Article 33. Responsibility of medical staff and physician in infectious diseases room at the base hospital, cure 1. Implementation of the preventive measures of infection infectious diseases prescribed in article 31 of this law.
2. Advise on measures for prevention of infectious disease for the patient and the patient.
3. Confidentiality of information related to the patient.
Article 34. The responsibility of the patient, the patient in room contagious infectious diseases in medical establishments, healing 1. The patient is responsible for: a) declared the true happenings;
b) compliance, physician's Guide, medical staff and rules and regulations of the medical facility;
c) for infectious disease in A group immediately after discharge to register to track your health with health communes, wards, town of residence.
2. The patient has the responsibility to perform, the guidance of a physician, the medical staff and the rules and regulations of the medical facility, healing.
Chapter III BORDER health QUARANTINE Article 35. The object and place a 1 border health quarantine. The object border health quarantine must include: a) the entry, exit, transit Vietnam;
b) means of transport for entry, exit, transit Vietnam;
c) imported goods, exporting, transiting Vietnam;
d) bodies, bones, medical microbiology samples, biological products, tissues, organs who transported across borders Vietnam.
2. border health quarantine is implemented at the gate.
Article 36. Contents of medical quarantine border 1. The object border health quarantine must be prescribed in clause 1 Article 35 of this law must be declared.
2. Medical examinations including test papers related to health and reality check. Reality check was conducted in the case of objects originating or passing through the room or infected or suspected of carrying infectious pathogens.
3. medical processing is done when conducted medical examinations and found objects to quarantine health signs carrying infectious pathogens in group a. cases received declarations of owners of the means of transport or the evidence clearly shows on the means of transport , people, goods bearing the signs of infectious pathogens in Group A, the means of transport, the goods on the means which must be quarantined for medical check before doing the procedure entry, transit, import; If not perform quarantine requirements of the Organization, the border health quarantine being imposed coercive measures in quarantine.

4. infectious disease monitoring is done at the gate area as defined in section 3 of chapter II of this law.
Article 37. Responsible for implementing a 1 border health quarantine. Subject to the provisions in Article 35 paragraph 1, point a a media owner or Manager objects specified in points b, c and d of paragraph 1 Article 35 of this law to conduct the medical declarations; Executive monitoring measures, check processing, healthcare and medical quarantine charges filed under the provisions of the law.
2. quarantine medical organization responsible border organizations make medical quarantine content specified in article 36 of this law and the level of processing medical certificates.
3. The relevant authorities at the gate are responsible for coordination with the Organization of border health quarantine in the border health quarantine.
4. the competent State Agency is responsible, in coordination with the authorities of the country, the international organization in the prevention of infectious disease in border areas.
5. Government regulations details on border health quarantine.
Chapter IV PREVENTION category 1 ANNOUNCED ROOM Conditions 38. Principles, the authority, the time limit and conditions published room 1. The publication of the translation is done according to the following rules: a) all cases have room are to be announced;
b) the publication of the room and run out of room to public, accurate, timely and properly authorized.
2. Authority to publish epidemic are specified as follows: a) the Chairman of the provincial people's Committee announced the room according to the recommendation of the Director of the Health Department for infectious diseases in Group B and Group C;
b) the Minister of Health announced the room as proposed by the Chairman of the provincial people's Committee for infectious diseases in Group A and for a number of infectious diseases in Group B when two provinces, central cities and over has published translator;
c) the Prime Minister announced the room according to the proposal of the Minister of health with respect to infectious diseases in Group A when the epidemic spread rapidly from the province to other provinces, serious influence to life, human health.
3. Within 24 hours from the receipt of the proposal published room, competent person specified in clause 2 of this decision to the publication of the translation.
4. Prime specifies the conditions of publication room.
Article 39. Content published room 1. Content published room include: a) the name of the disease;
b) the time, place and scale occurs;
c) transmission line, causes, nature and extent of hazard;
d) prevention measures;
DD) the base doctor, cure made the reception, treatment of the infectious disease.
2. The content of the provisions in paragraph 1 of this article must be reported promptly to the Agency, organization or individuals involved to implement prevention measures.
Article 40. Conditions and the Authority announced most of room 1. Conditions for publication and foremost room includes: a) Not detected more cases of the new disease after a certain period of time and meet other conditions for each disease as defined by the Prime Minister;
b) have implemented prevention measures specified in section 3 of chapter IV of this law.
2. Who has the authority to publish epidemic has the right to announce the most room under the proposal of the competent agency specified in clause 2 of this law, 38.
Article 41. On the situation room news agencies have a responsibility to give accurate information, timely and truthful about the situation after the room had been announced and published most of room according to the right content by the competent State agencies on health providers.
Section 2 DECLARED a STATE of EMERGENCY on Article 42. Principles and authorities declared a State of emergency on 1. The declared state of emergency on the ironing is done according to the following rules: a) When room spread quickly on an extensive, serious threats to life, human health and socio-economy of the country is declared a State of emergency;
b) The declared state of emergency must be publicly available, accurate, timely and properly authorized.
2. The Committee of the National Assembly resolved declared a State of emergency according to the recommendation of the Prime Minister; in the case of the Commission of the National Assembly could not meeting was ordered by President then declared a State of emergency.
43 things. The content declared a State of emergency when there was room 1. The reason declared a State of emergency.
2. The area in a State of emergency.
3. start date and time in a State of emergency.
4. jurisdiction of organization enforce resolutions or the declared state of emergency.
Article 44. Authority to abolish the State of emergency when it runs out of room on the advice of the Prime Minister, the National Assembly Commission Ordinance or the President ordered the abolition of the State of emergency declared by themselves when the room was stop or extinguish.
Article 45. In a State of emergency on 1. Vietnam News Agency, the voice of Vietnam, Vietnam television station, newspaper the people, people's army newspaper has a responsibility to post immediately the full text of resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly or the orders of the President declared a State of emergency about the room, the Prime Minister's decision to organize the implementation of the resolution of the Committee of the National Assembly or the President of the command declared a State of emergency about the room; timely news about the measures that have been applied in the area have emergency and remedial situation room; post the full text of resolution of the Committee of the National Assembly or the President's order to abolish a State of emergency about the room.
Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly or the President's proclaimed or lifted a State of emergency on publicly listed at the Agency headquarters, the Organization and the public.
2. The mass media in Central and local responsibility, declared the abolition of emergency room and recovery process.
Section 3 MEASURES AGAINST Article 46. Establishment of the Steering Committee against 1. Prevention Steering Committee was established soon after the epidemic was announced.
2. Prevention Steering Committee component is specified as follows: a) national prevention Steering Committee composed of representatives of health authorities, financing, information-communication, diplomacy, defense, public security and other relevant agencies. Based on the geographical scope is announced and the nature of the room, the Prime Minister himself or appoint a Deputy Prime Minister or the Minister of health as head of the Steering Committee. The Ministry of health is of the Steering Committee;
b) against provincial Steering Committee, district level, including representatives of health authorities, financial, info-media, the army, the police and other related agencies. Head against the Chairman of people's Committee at the same level. Health authorities at the same level as the standing of the Steering Committee.
3. The Steering Committee had the task of prevention implementation measures for prevention and overcoming the consequences of the epidemic, prevention team established to direct emergency duty done, treatment and handling of the outbreak.
4. Prime specifies the jurisdiction established, the organisation and functioning of the Steering Committee of epidemic levels.
Article 47. The Declaration, the report room 1. When there is room, patient room or who discovered cases of infected or suspected disease outbreaks must declare to health agencies in 24-hour time, since discovering the disease.
2. When cases of sick room or get to declare an epidemic, health authorities must report to the people's committees where translation occurs and preventive health facilities to urgently organize the deployment of measures against the epidemic.
3. Minister of health specifies reporting mode, the report room.
Article 48. The emergency organization, the doctor, cure prevention Steering Committee directs the application of the following measures to the emergency organization, the doctor, cure for patient room and people suspected of being infected: 1. Classification, first aid, emergency room patients in a timely manner under the guidance of diagnosis treatment, the Ministry of health;
2. Mobilization of the media, drugs, medical devices, hospital bed, hospital facility, healing and health officers expertise available 24/24 hours for emergency readiness, healing, serving the epidemic. Patient room in Group A are examined and treated free of charge;
3. Based on the nature, extent and scope of the epidemic, prevention Steering Committee decided to adopt the following measures: a) the Organization of treatment facilities in the region have room to receive emergency patients, room;
b) maneuver team combat maneuver into the room to perform the detection, emergency and spot treatment patient room; transfer the patient room on the basis of examination and treatment;
c) mobilize the base doctor, cure emergency consultation, participation, healing service of prevention;
d) apply other necessary measures prescribed by law.
Article 49. The quarantine medical organization 1. People with the disease, the disease is suspected, the person carrying the pathogen outbreaks, people exposed to the disease-causing agent in Group A and Group B disease as prescribed by the Minister of health must be quarantined.
2. Form of quarantine include quarantined at home, on the basis of examinations, cure or at the base, other places.
3. Medical facilities in the region have held responsible to perform quarantine under the direction of head against. The case of the objects specified in paragraph 1 of this article does not make the quarantine requirements of the health facilities apply coercive measures to quarantine as stipulated by the Government.
Article 50. Duplicate removal, hygiene, cleansing in room 1. Hygiene measures, removal, cleansing involves: a) water, sanitation, food and personal hygiene;
b) duplicate Removal, cleansing the area is identified or suspected pathogens;
c) destruction of animals, food and other items is intermediate transmission.
2. Prevention Teams maneuver is responsible for implementation of the hygiene measures, removal, cleansing the professional process, immediately after the Steering Committee against the request.

3. Agencies, organizations, individuals are responsible for implementation of the hygiene measures, removal, cleansing under the guidance of the competent medical authorities; the case is not self made, the health authorities have the right to apply measures of hygiene, cleansing, removal required.
Article 51. Personal protection measures 1. Epidemic and participants who have the risk of the sick room to perform one or several personal protective measures: a) individual protection equipment;
b) drug use prevention;
c) using vaccines, biological health to prevention;
d) use chemical germicidal chemical intermediate room, transmission.
2. the State guarantees for the participants against made the personal protective measures stipulated in paragraph 1 of this article.
Article 52. Other prevention measures in time have room 1. In case of necessity, competent State agencies can apply measures against the epidemic: a) temporarily suspend operation of food service establishments in public at risk of sexually transmitted diseases in the region do have the room;
b) Prohibits business, using foods that are competent health authorities identified as intermediate transmission room;
c) gathering limited or temporarily suspend the operation of the service, in a public place in the room.
2. The Government specifies the application of the measures stipulated in paragraph 1 of this article.
Article 53. Control out, into the region has room for A group of diseases 1. The control measures, the available room for A group of diseases including: a) limited, in the region have room for the people and the media; case it is necessary to examine, monitor and handle;
b) Banned from the region have these products, animals, plants, food and other commodities are likely to spread the disease;
c) performed individual protection measures for people in the region are ironing clause 1 Article 51 of this law;
d) other necessary measures prescribed by law.
2. Chairperson against established quarantine stations, the pegs at the junctions, on areas with room to implement the measures specified in paragraph 1 of this article.
Article 54. Measures to be applied during a State of emergency on 1. The establishment of the Steering Committee of epidemic in the State of emergency made in accordance with art. 46 of this Law Article 2.
2. In case of a declared state of emergency about the room, the Chairperson has the right to: a) mobilization, requisition the resources specified in article 55 of this law;
b) most recent signalling station, sea and travel instructions avoid areas with room;
c) requires examination and medical processing as for the means of transport before exiting the room;
d) banned the gathering and other activities at risk of sexually transmitted diseases in the region do have the room;
DD) Prohibiting persons, means no duty on outbreak;
e) organized cleansing, detoxifying wide-ranging;
g) destruction of animals, food and other items at risk do spread the disease to person;
h) apply the measures specified in section 3 of this chapter.
Article 55. Mobilization, requisition the resources for prevention activities 1. Based on the nature and extent of the danger and the scale of the epidemic threatening to people's health, the authorized person is mobilized people, mobilization, requisition of infrastructure, medical equipment, medicines, chemicals, medical supplies, facilities and public services, transport and other resources to fight the epidemic. The means of transport involved against precedence according to the law on traffic.
2. The requisition prescribed in paragraph 1 of this article is made according to the provisions of the law on referendums, purchase requisition property. The property has been requisitioned must be sanitary, duplicate removal, cleansing prior to refund.
3. The Government of the people's Committee, the responsibility of ensuring the conditions to implement prevention measures as specified in this law.
Article 56. International cooperation in operations against 1. When can occur, based on the nature and degree of danger of the epidemic, the Health Minister decided to international cooperation on the exchange of information, disease patterns, expertise, technical experts, equipment, funding in prevention activities.
2. where the declared state of emergency about the room, the Prime Minister urged countries, international organizations and support resources to fight the epidemic and to coordinate implementing measures to prevent the epidemic from spreading.
Chapter V CONDITIONS GUARANTEED to INFECTIOUS DISEASE prevention Article 57. The basis of prevention of infectious diseases 1. The basis of infectious disease prevention include: a) the basis of preventive medicine;
b) consultation facility, cure infectious diseases include infectious disease clinics; infectious faculties belonging to the District Hospital, district, town, city in the province and the medical facility has consultation mission, to cure infectious diseases.
2. District Hospital, district, town, city in the province over to established science.
3. Minister of health regulations on the design, location, condition of facilities, equipment, techniques and personnel of the base doctor, cure infectious diseases.
Article 58. Training, fostering people working on prevention of infectious diseases 1. The State has planned, the plans and priorities of training, retraining, professional training for people working on prevention of infectious diseases.
2. Minister of health hosted in collaboration with the Minister of education and training and the heads of the agencies, relevant organisations organize training, retraining, professional training for people working on prevention of infectious diseases.
Article 59. The mode for people working on prevention of contagious disease and against participants 1. People working on prevention of infectious diseases are entitled to the extra level of career mode and other preferential regimes.
2. Participants against enjoying regime against room and enjoy career risk mode when infected disease.
3. During the epidemic, when participants against the brave rescue who were killed or injured shall be considered for recognition as martyrs or wounded, affecting policies as the wounded under the provisions of the law of incentives people to the revolution.
4. Prime specifies the mode as specified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article.
Article 60. Funding for prevention against infectious disease 1. Funding for prevention against infectious disease include: a) to the State budget;
b) Which aid;
c other funding sources) under the provisions of the law.
2. Annually, the State ensure sufficient, timely operational budget for the prevention of infectious diseases. The budget, against infectious diseases are not used for other purposes.
Article 61. National reserve for prevention 1. The State conducted the national reserve funding, drugs, chemicals, medical equipment to prevention.
2. The construction, organization, management, and use the national reserve to prevention is done according to the provisions of the law on the national reserve.
Article 62. The Foundation supports prevention 1. Prevention support fund was established and operates under the provisions of the law to support treatment, infectious disease care and prevention activities.
2. the Financial Resources of the Fund are formed on the basis of voluntary contributions, funding of organizations and individuals in the country and abroad.
Chapter VI ENFORCEMENT of TERMS Article 63. Effect of this Law has effect from 1 July 2008.
Article 64. Government enforcement guide detailing and guiding the implementation of this law.
This law was the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam XII, session 2 through November 21, 2007./.