CIRCULAR rules on animal disease prevention seafood _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pursuant to the law of animal health on June 19, 2015;
Pursuant to Decree No. 199/2013/ND-CP dated 26/11/2013 of government functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of agriculture and rural development;
At the suggestion of the Director of the Department of animal health, the Minister of agriculture and rural development, issued circulars and regulations on prevention of aquatic animal disease.
Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS article 1. Scope, application object 1. This circular the provisions on prevention of aquatic animal disease.
2. This circular apply to agencies, organizations, individuals, foreign-related activities, aquatic animal disease prevention on the territory of Vietnam.
Article 2. Explanation of terms In this circular, the terms below are interpreted as follows: 1. the adopted basis where aquatic animals, including one or more of the pond, lagoon, Lake, nesting, breeding and other friends of the organization or individual.
2. the new Disease is the aquatic animal diseases in Vietnam, not in aquatic animal disease category to publish epidemic, have the ability to spread quickly on a broad scope, causing many aquatic animals.
3. Animal aquaculture aquatic animal disease pathogen infection was confirmed by test results and have symptoms, the disease area of typical of the disease.
4. aquaculture animals signs of infected aquatic animals have symptoms, the disease area of typical of the disease but have not yet been identified pathogen.
5. aquatic animals infected aquatic animals is infected with a pathogen is confirmed by the results of tests but not have symptoms, the disease area of typical of the disease.
6. aquatic animals at risk of infected aquatic animals is feeling infected in the same marine areas with aquatic animals, aquatic animal disease infected or aquatic disease signs.
7. active management agency environmental monitoring aquaculture: at the central level is the General Directorate of fisheries; in the central cities, (hereinafter referred to as the provincial level) is the Bureau of fisheries.
8. environmental monitoring unit aquaculture: Is the Organization, individuals eligible to participate in monitoring activities, warning of aquaculture environment are the Directorate of fisheries affairs or specify the task environmental monitoring.
9. environmental monitoring Bulletin: including environmental monitoring results, aquaculture and the recommended remedy.
Article 3. List of aquatic animal diseases are published room 1. Aquatic animal disease categories are announced include the diseases specified in annex I attached to this circular.
2. list of aquatic animal diseases are published translations are reviewing, adjusting and supplementing when new diseases emerge and when there is scientific basis, manufacturing practices requirements indicate the need to adjust, Supplement.
Article 4. The principle of prevention of animal disease reports and fisheries 1. Prevention is the key, including the active pathogen surveillance, environmental monitoring, collect information, disease information activities associated with aquaculture information, advocacy and guidance home base feed actively made, fight disease.
2. The operations room, the aquatic animal disease prevention to ensure a positive, proactive, timely and effective.
3. Prevention of aquatic animal disease outbreaks is the responsibility of the Organization, the home base of breeding, people trafficking, transporting, processing, processing of aquatic products; the State Agency has the responsibility to organize, guide and implement measures in prevention of the disease promptly and effectively.
4. The information, data, aquatic animal disease should be notes, manage, analyze and report timely, accurate and complete under the guidance of the Bureau of animal health; information, animal breeding fishery data and environmental monitoring are performed according to the instructions of the Directorate of fisheries.
Article 5. Disease reporting modes aquatic animals 1. Sudden outbreak reports: a) home base feed, veterinary practitioners, aquaculture, aquatic animals found sick, dying or have signs of the disease, abnormal to report veterinary staff communes, wards and towns (hereinafter collectively referred to as veterinary social workers) and the people's Committee of social or professional agency animal health aquaculture nearest;
b) veterinary staff commune when reports are responsible to where infected aquatic animals, dead, showing signs of the disease in order to check the information and report the station's Bureau in the functional management of animal health districts (hereafter referred to as veterinary Stations) and social people's Committee;
c) veterinary Stations perform the verification of disease investigation at the facility and report the results to verify the disease with the Bureau have specialized management provincial animal health (hereinafter called Bureau of animal health) and the people's committees at district level;
d) veterinary Bureau reported the disease situation occurred with the Department of agriculture and rural development, regional veterinary offices and animal health;
the animal health agency): synthesis and report to the Department of animal health animal epidemic situation of the local Fisheries Department;
e) Department of animal health reported to the Minister of agriculture and rural development; reports for international organizations to which Vietnam is a member, or commitment;
g) report on the outbreak or new diseases as defined in points a, b, c, d, e of this paragraph must be made within 48 hours to the town in the Plains or 72 hours for the communes in remote areas, since the findings or get information aquatic animal disease , signs of the disease;
h) reported by telephone, face-to-face, send text or send electronic mail (email) to the specialized agency animal health. 2. The report updated the situation outbreak: a) before 12:00 hours today, veterinary staff veterinary Stations report Township and township-level people's committees on the State of the outbreak were veterinary Station or veterinary Bureau confirmed;
b) before 16:00 hours today, veterinary Stations report the veterinary Bureau and people's committees at district level;
c) before 15:00 hours Friday week, the Department of animal health reported aggregate disease happenings of the week sent the Department of agriculture and rural development, regional veterinary offices and animal health;
d) reports the outbreak situation updates are done until the end of the outbreak, including holidays, and new year holidays.
3. end report outbreaks: during 7 days from the end of the outbreak in accordance with the law, the Department of animal health has a responsibility to report of the outbreak, evaluate results for disease prevention.  
4. Report the outbreak investigation: a) outbreak investigation report be applied in case of the outbreak was the specialized agency determined that aquatic animal health diseases in aquatic animal disease categories are announced or new diseases;
b) veterinary Bureau is responsible for reporting the outbreak investigation results to the Department of agriculture and rural development, regional veterinary offices and animal health shortly after the end of the outbreak investigation.
5. new disease reports: a) veterinary Bureau reported the Department of agriculture and rural development, regional veterinary offices and animal health on disease spread;
b) Department of animal health reported to the Minister of agriculture and rural development on the situation room.
6. periodic reports: a) report: synthetic data to report are calculated from February 1st to the last day of the month. The report must be made in the form of text and electronic files, namely: Veterinary Stations report animal health before July 10 of next month; Bureau of animal health reported the Department of agriculture and rural development, the Department of animal health and veterinary Bureau before January 15 of the next month;
b) report 6 (six) months of the year was made before 15 July; Aggregate data for the report are calculated from 01/01 to 30/6;
c) reports year made prior to February 15, 1 of the following year; Aggregate data for the report are calculated from 01/01 to 31/12;
7. Results reported disease surveillance: a) veterinary Bureau reported the Department of agriculture and rural development, regional veterinary offices and animal health surveillance results, disease prediction and measures of local disease prevention;
b) Department of animal health reported to the Minister of agriculture and rural development, the results of monitoring, prediction and measures of epidemic disease prevention on a national scope;
c) report the results of time disease surveillance within 10 (ten) days from the end of the surveillance program.
8. Animal Health Guide content, disease reporting form as specified in the paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Article.
Article 6. Build and deploy to plan prevention of aquatic animal disease annually, Bureau of animal health chaired and coordinated with the relevant units in the building, the authority approved the plans organization and prevention of aquatic animal disease (hereinafter referred to as the plan) the following steps : 1. Synthesis, analysis, reviews results and specify the obstacles exist, inadequacies in the implementation of the plan of the year; need to adjust content suggestions, complements the plan next year.
2. the specific assessments of the role, importance, status and trends of aquaculture development; General data analysis, an area of breeding aquatic animals in local forces.
3. Aggregate, analyze and evaluate monitoring results, environmental warning; the main source of water supply for farming region; waste discharge situation in the breeding; results of animal disease monitoring of fisheries, the disease situation (described in detail according to the space, time and the affected aquatic animals); the risk factors related to the process, the spread of disease in aquatic animals; epidemiological indicators and related targets need tests to determine the level of risk incurred, predicts the likelihood of disease spread, the aquatic animals locally.
4. Identify the necessary resources, including: human resources, finance, manpower to implement the measures, prevention, support home base feed, environmental monitoring, disease, even when disease occurred but not yet eligible to publish epidemic and when announced.

5. the technical standards base, Vietnam standard and guidance documents on surveillance, epidemic investigations, environmental sanitation, the number of aquaculture production facilities, business like, aquaculture area to propose indicators, frequency, location of sample collection the number of samples of aquatic animals, environment.
6. building plans include the content of the provisions of article 7 of this circular.
7. Report the Department of agriculture and rural development to the Department of the provincial people's Committee approved the plan and cost estimates before the November 30 annually.
8. the approved plan Submitted to the veterinary offices and animal health to steer, guide and monitor implementation.
9. Organize the deployment plan.
10. where the adjustment plan, the Department of animal health sending plan approved adjustments to the regional veterinary offices and animal health. 
Article 7. The content of the plan, the aquatic animal disease prevention 1. Monitoring aquatic animal disease according to the provisions in paragraph 2 and 3 of article 10 of this circular.
2. Investigating the outbreak, measures to handle the outbreak, epidemic.
3. Provision of materials, chemicals, funds and human resources to implement prevention measures, support for home base feed when announced and when disease occurs but not yet eligible to publish epidemic.
4. Provision of equipment need investment, additions, adjustments to serve diagnostic tests, surveillance, outbreak investigation, epidemiological map building and data analysis.
5. the same quarantine; veterinary hygiene inspection; check the management, business, food, use of probiotics, environmental improvement treatment veterinary drugs, vaccines, chemicals locally.
6. information, advocacy, training for the aquaculture, veterinary staff, public officials, veterinary officer of fisheries: regulations of the adopted legislation, disease prevention, product quality requirements, technical guidance documents of the specialized agency in veterinary medicine, aquaculture.
7. Assigned specific responsibilities to the authority, the relevant units to implement the plan.
8. the preliminary Meeting, summarize, analyze and identify disease situation; evaluation of preventive measures, treatment has developed and launched the adjusted accordingly and efficiently.
Chapter II PREVENTION article 8. Prevention for the same production, gathering, facility, nursing, business and aquaculture 1. Implementation of the provisions of article 14, paragraph 1, 2, 3 and 4 of article 15 of law and the other provisions of the relevant laws.
2. design basis ensure the sterilization, hygiene activities, zoned and processed when the disease occurs smoothly and efficiently.
3. Water must be disposed of pathogens, control of environmental factors, ensure sufficient veterinary hygiene conditions before put into production; sewage, waste disposal must meet the requirements as prescribed before the waste discharge.
4. Use the same fisheries: a) Are clearly sourced, healthy, disease and safety meet the national technical regulation of fishery breeds;
b) aquatic Breeding from production facilities outside the province, imports must be quarantine certificates; quality control according to the regulations.
5. where the use of homemade food, fresh food to ensure animal health, safety, environmental protection and disease.
6. Perform monitoring according to the provisions in clause 1 of article 10 of this circular.
7. Application of technical measures of raising, prevention, environmental management under the guidance of specialized agency animal health fisheries and aquaculture during the operation of the facility; encourage use of vaccines was allowed to circulate in the room the aquatic animal diseases.
8. Application of technical measures of prevention for a number of aquatic animal disease hazards (annex II, III, IV and V attached to this circular).
Article 9. Observation of, environment warning aquaculture 1. Guidelines on conducting environmental warning aquaculture: a) observation, environmental warnings must be taken regularly, continuously and systematically in order to detect risk factors adverse impact of aquaculture environment, timely notification to fisheries management bodies , animal health; warnings and instructions for the implementation of measures to handle and fix needed;
b) Directorate for fisheries guidance Bureau of fisheries and the relevant units of the selection criteria, point, parameters, methods, frequency and environmental monitoring; provide information, data about, alerting monitoring aquaculture environment as defined in paragraph 3, 4 and 5 of this Article.
2. construction monitoring plan, warning of aquaculture environment: a) General Directorate of fisheries, in coordination with the Department of animal health and related agencies to build the overall plan of monitoring, alerting of aquaculture on the environment nationwide for the period of 5 (five) years and the annual specific the Ministry of agriculture and rural development, approval and implementation funding;
b) Aquatic Bureau chaired and coordinated with the Bureau of animal health and related agencies monitoring plans, environmental warnings on local aquaculture, Agriculture Department reports and rural development of the provincial people's Committee approval and implementation funding;
c) main content of monitoring plan, warning of aquaculture environment include: identifying needs, monitoring goals; identify the region, point and observation of objects; define the number, frequency, time and monitoring methods; identify the organization or individual to coordinate participation; identify the funding needs, sources of funding and resources to implement.
3. determine the criteria, score and monitoring environmental subjects must meet the following conditions: a) The environmental monitoring include: aquaculture region of focus, shared water source, grants are determined by administrative boundaries, in accordance with the development plan of local aquaculture; the disease usually occurs place or risk environmental pollution; the region has an area of breeding from 10 ha upwards for breeding and selling intensive, from 200 hectares of back-up for other domestic forms, from 1000 m3 or more for breeding cages, friends;
b) monitoring: there Point stability and represent the entire region; determine the coordinates and marked on the map;
c) observation of objects: farming aquatic animals producing large, commercial value is high, the Fed focused in the development plan of local aquaculture.
4. Parameters and frequency of observation of a) the normal environment: hydro meteorological elements: air temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind, waves, flow, rainfall; temperature, turbidity, suspended solids (TSS), salinity, pH, DO, BOD5, COD, SO42-, H2S;
b) the nutrients: NO2-, NO3-, NH4 + (NH3), PO43-, SiO32-, N total (Nts), total P (Pts);
c) heavy metals and toxic chemicals: Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, Hg, Cr6 +, Cr3 +, Ni, Mn and Fe total (Fets);
d) plant protection chemicals: Chlorine organic Group, Australia Group, organic, carbamate groups, groups of synthetic, Daisy neonicotinoid group, group of avermectin, herbicide and total radioactivity a, b;
DD) the total phytoplankton, toxic algae;
e) total Coliforms, bacteria, Vibrio spp., Aeromonas spp. and other pathogens in aquatic animal feed (on a basis consistent with the specialized administration of animal health of the scope, the sample);
g) organic substances pollution: surface Active Substances, oil, grease, phenols.
The base production practices, purposes and monitoring needs in each phase, the Directorate of fisheries decisions and guide the choice of parameters, frequency of observation of the provisions of this paragraph.
5. environmental monitoring unit is responsible for monitoring implementation: a) to collect the information of aquaculture animal disease situation, fisheries and environmental monitoring results from other departments to evaluate, synthesize and additional environmental monitoring results, aquaculture;
b) made to measure, analyze, synthesize, process metrics, monitoring results reporting and monitoring newsletter compiled by environmental monitoring plan;
c) within 3 (three) days from when the sample collection, environmental monitoring unit must submit the report and the newsletter environmental monitoring to the Bureau of fisheries.
6. Bureau of fisheries: provides information of aquaculture operations, instructions and check the implementation of environmental monitoring; within 1 (one) days from receipt of the monitoring results, submit the report to the Directorate of fisheries, fisheries management bodies, district-level people's committees of communes the observation and related units.
7. monitoring results report: a) General Directorate of fisheries, animal health, the Department of agriculture and rural development receives periodic reports: the provisions in paragraph 6 of this Article and to report the results of sudden environmental monitoring of fisheries from Bureau of fisheries;  
b) units, organizations, individuals are related: provide information about the environment for the environmental monitoring units, the General Department of fisheries, animal health after the investigation, survey, the relevant research activities;
c) When detecting adverse happenings environment or risk disadvantages for aquaculture production in a local, environmental monitoring unit to immediately report to the Bureau of fisheries decision-making warning and timely response; at the same time the report Of the Bureau of fisheries, notify the Department of animal health, animal health and the related coordination unit;
d) When detecting adverse happenings environment or risk disadvantages for aquaculture production from two local (city level), General Directorate of fisheries the Ministry decision to alert and direct the timely response measures, inform the animal health The Department of agriculture and rural development, animal health and the related coordination unit handle.
8. organizations perform environmental monitoring in aquaculture

a) Directorate of fisheries, in cooperation with the relevant units to perform the management of environmental monitoring activities in aquaculture on a national scope; specify the unit of environmental monitoring; tutorials, training, capacity building for local monitoring; build and manual software management, database monitoring data sharing between the monitoring agency, specialized agency of veterinary and fisheries of Central and local;
b) Bureau of fisheries, in cooperation with the relevant units, environmental monitoring unit to make environmental monitoring plan was approved; Guide, test, implement corrective measures, the report Of the Bureau of fisheries and the related results of environmental monitoring;
c) home base aquaculture environmental monitoring, tracking in the aquaculture facility; notes that full information, collection, measures the environment beyond the threshold allowed under the guidance of fisheries administration and monitoring implementation unit; provide information, data on environmental monitoring aquatic animal diseases, pets upon request of competent State agencies; support institutions, individuals, the agency managing the implementation of environmental monitoring activities timely, effective.
Article 10. Monitoring aquatic animal disease 1. Pet owners make clinical surveillance detection as follows: a) to track daily in timely detection of aquatic animals are sick, killed and processed according to the provisions in clause 2 article 15 and Appendix VI attached herewith;
b) when disease occurs or when the extraordinary volatility environment, sample swabs, environmental samples for laboratory tests detect pathogens; at the same time the report as defined in art. 1 article 5 of this circular.
2. plan content of animal disease monitoring fisheries (referred to as the monitoring plan) include: a) aquatic animals are monitored, location, time, frequency of sampling, kind of specimen animals and aquatic products, environmental samples, samples, sample number, the relevant information and determining pathogen;
b) drafting materials, chemicals, equipment, sampling tools, process testing, human resources to implement the monitoring plan;
c) funding details to implement the monitoring plan, including the sampling, sample handling, and purchase the test sample; collect information, data, General, management, analysis, reporting the results of monitoring; deployment training, workshops, meetings, summary of the monitoring plan;
d) collect, synthesize, manage and analyze information, monitoring data;
DD) measures the processing of aquatic animal disease, signs of the disease, infection;
e) assigned specific responsibilities to agencies, units and individuals concerned to implement monitoring plans.
3. Processing the results of monitoring: a) the case of the monitoring results for the detection of aquatic animal disease, signs of the disease and infection: perform processing according to the provisions of article 15 and article 19 of this circular;
b) case results in participating establishments does monitoring aquatic animal disease, signs of the disease and infection: the base is spent on animal health, veterinary Bureau updated the form management, monitor for the same production, aquaculture has been recognized safe disease or disease surveillance to quarantine priority when shipped out of province-level areas as specified.
4. farming is responsible for facility Owners: a) the implementation of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article;
b) where the registered establishments quarantine as stipulated in item 2 Article 55 of the law you have to build and organize the implementation of the monitoring plan with the content specified in paragraph 2 of this Article;
c) Create all favorable conditions and support management agency specialized in aquatic animal health in the sampling under monitoring plan set forth in paragraph 2 of this Article.
5. veterinary officer responsible Township perform tasks assigned in the supervisory plan.
6. Veterinary Stations are responsible for: a) the veterinary staff to guide and coordinate with the relevant unit to implement the monitoring plan, including the sampling of aquatic animals and environmental samples;
c) with respect to the environmental norms and unspecified causes disease, veterinary Stations conducting sampling, preserved and sent to the laboratories of the Department of animal health;
d) guide the base implementation of epidemic prevention measures;
DD) report results of monitoring animal health. 7. Veterinary Bureau is responsible for: a) the implementation of the provisions in clause 5 article 16 of the law on animal health;
b) presiding, in cooperation with the relevant units in the building, the competent agency of the local approval and funding to implement layout planning of animal disease monitoring of local fisheries with the content as prescribed in paragraph 2 of this Article; implementation monitoring plan after it is approved;
c) directing the veterinary Station and veterinary social workers coordinate with the units concerned to implement the monitoring plan;
d) in collaboration with the Bureau of fisheries and the relevant units to gather information about the test results, the environmental targets of the adopted basis;  
DD) with respect to the norms are not yet capable of testing, animal health sending samples to laboratories in the animal health laboratories or are recognized provincial authorities (hereafter referred to collectively as the recognized testing room);
e) after receiving the results of analysis, tests, the Department of animal health reported the results accompanied by specific instructions the preventive measures for veterinary Stations to guide home base feed;
g) report results of monitoring of the Department of agriculture and rural development, regional veterinary offices and animal health as defined in paragraph 7 of article 5 of this circular to the analysis and disambiguation in the prevention of aquatic animal disease.
8. Veterinary Bureau is responsible for: a) presiding, in cooperation with the relevant units in the building, the Minister of agriculture and rural development approved, arranged funding to implement the plan of animal disease monitoring of fisheries on a national scope; implementation after approval;
b) Organization directs, guides, tests, urging the implementation of the monitoring plan;
c) build and manual national database of animal disease monitoring of fisheries;
d) Organization of training, capacity training of officials working on prevention, disease surveillance by the Central and local authorities;
DD) periodically reviewing, supplementing the basic equipment for the Agency made the disease surveillance of centrally.
Article 11. Information, advocacy, training on prevention of aquatic animal disease information, advocacy, training on prevention of aquatic animal disease must ensure the following: 1. implementation object, joined propaganda, training, including: organizations, individuals with activities related to the observation of environmental alerts , production, gathering, run, aquaculture, trade, shipping, processing, processing of aquatic products, disease prevention.
2. content: policy and guidelines, the provisions of the law, the text instructions and measures for disease prevention agency specialized in aquatic animal health.
3. Form: by one or many different forms (pamphlets, reports, workshops, training ...) but must ensure regular, fast and efficient.
4. time: Must be made before the season, before the time of many diseases arise and when the disease has appeared.
5. Liability: a) animal health, in collaboration with the General Directorate of fisheries building and implementation of programs, plans on information, advocacy, training on prevention of aquatic animal disease on the country;
b) veterinary Bureau, in collaboration with the Bureau of fisheries to build and deploy programs, plans on information, advocacy, training on prevention of aquatic animal disease in the local scope.
Chapter III FIGHT DISEASE article 12. Declare the disease 1. Pet owners, who discovered the aquatic animal disease, signs of the disease, died due to the disease or death many unknown cause or death due to the environment, the weather has a responsibility to report it to the competent authority as defined in art. 1 article 5 of this circular.
2. In case the disease spreads rapidly across a broad range, causing many aquatic animals, pet owners, who discovered the aquatic animal disease, signs of the disease, veterinary staff veterinary Station, the Township can report to the Administration and the Bureau of veterinary medicine, Department of veterinary medicine to timely prevention organization.
Article 13. Outbreak investigation 1. Outbreak investigation guidelines: a) outbreak investigation only made for: new disease outbreak appear; the outbreak of disease in the disease category to publish epidemic occurred in wide range, killing many aquatic animals; When required by the competent authority or a foster home base;
b) outbreak investigation must be made within 1 (one) day for the Plains and 2 (two) days for the remote areas since discovered or received information of dead aquatic animals, have signs of the disease;
c) information about the outbreak to be collecting detailed, complete, accurate and timely;
d) before the investigation must collect enough information about the disease, breeding environment; materials, tools, equipment and chemicals needed to investigate the outbreak; tools for sampling, storage, transport of samples; the current rules on disease prevention; human resources, manpower, financial and other protective equipment; forms, tools for collecting information.
2. Content of the outbreak investigation: a) collect initial information about the targets of environmental monitoring in the time before and during the plague; the outbreak, identifying the characteristics of basic epidemiology and the existence of the outbreak; traceability outbreak;

b) investigation and updated information about the outbreak at the base have affected aquatic animals, including: test, against the previously reported information; the only objective, environment variable (if available); the clinical examination, number, species, age, the date of detecting infected aquatic animals; (or number) of aquatic animals infected, raising water level depth, area (or numbers) drop feed; food, medicines, chemicals have been used; form feed, observe the happenings at home to aquatic animal diseases; native varieties, examination results, check out the room before the drop feed;
c) description of outbreaks from time to time, place, aquatic animal disease, signs of the disease; evaluation of the cause of the outbreak;
d) proposed to conduct research into the risk factors; sampling inspection of diseases when necessary to identify the pathogen tests;
DD) synthesis, analysis, reviews and give a diagnosis, outbreak identification identify the disease, the method of spread;
e) reports the outbreak investigation results, Outlook, forecasting the epidemic situation in the next period, propose measures for prevention.
3. Responsible for investigating the outbreak: a) the veterinary staff is responsible to the social basis of breeding aquatic animals are infected, there are signs of the disease in order to verify the information and reported according to the form; at the same time report the epidemic situation as defined in article 5 of this circular; support sample identify pathogens;
b) veterinary Stations dispatched officers to the base breeding aquatic animals are infected, there are signs to guide disease outbreak handling, sample tests, verify the origin of disease and epidemic situation report in accordance with article 5 of this circular. Cases of the disease have complications, beyond the ability of the veterinary Station, the station must immediately report to the branch;
c) veterinary Bureau make investigating according to the principles and content of the provisions in clause 1 and clause 2 of this Thing; organizing sampling test according to the provisions of article 14 and the epidemic situation report in accordance with article 5 of this circular. Cases of the disease have complications, beyond the ability of the Bureau, the Bureau reported to the veterinary agency, animal health;
d) veterinary agency the guide supports veterinary Bureau perform outbreak investigations;
DD) animal health checks, directing, supervising the investigation of the outbreak health. In the case of veterinary Bureau provide information is not clear or the deployment steps for investigating the outbreak not yet satisfactory or outbreak have complications, animal health outbreak investigation.
Article 14. Sampling, diagnosis, tests identify pathogens 1. Bureau of animal health organization directing samples to testers identify pathogens. Samples samples must be sent to the accredited testing rooms within 1 (one) days from the end of the sampling.
2. Upon receiving the form, the specified test is responsible for tests and the results for the Agency reply to send the form in the following deadlines: a) for diseases caused by viruses, parasites is 2 (two) days;
b) for diseases caused by bacteria, fungus is 4 (four) days;
c) diagnosis, tests search the agent is 7 (seven) days.
3. Where does the diagnosis identified the pathogen, a recognized testing agency for sending notification form and in collaboration with other laboratories to perform or report animal health to steer and guide the diagnosis identified pathogen. 
4. in case of unsatisfactory products disease patterns in the number, quality, accredited test rooms directly or suggest the Agency sampled, the additional sampling for diagnostic tests.
5. In the same Ward, Township, town, along a public water supply sources are breeding and in the same period have the disease, when there were results of tests for the first outbreak, not necessarily to sample in the next outbreak. Conclusions about the next outbreak is based on clinical signs of infected aquatic animals, livestock water environment. The case of the next outbreak has infected aquatic animals with symptoms of the disease, the clinical area is not the same with the disease has been identified then continue to sample tests identify pathogens.
Article 15. Animal disease outbreak handling fisheries 1. Implementation of the provisions of article 33 of the law on animal health; application of technical measures for prevention of diseases in aquatic animals in danger (annex II, III, IV and V attached to this circular).
2. Home Base feed made of animal processing aquatic products infected by one of the following forms: a) the harvesting of aquatic animal disease: follow the provisions of article 16 of this circular for aquatic animals reach commercial size, can use as food , animal feed or other purposes;
b) aquatic animal healing: made according to the provisions of article 18 of this circular with regard to aquatic animal diseases are specialized agency animal health aquaculture can identify treatment and home base had adopted animal treatment needs in the affected fisheries;
c) destruction of aquatic animal disease: follow the provisions of article 18 of this circular with regard to aquatic animal disease not specified in point a, b of this paragraph.
Article 16. The harvest of aquatic animals in the drive room 1. Home base of breeding aquatic animals harvested in the drive room must implement the following requirements: a) inform veterinary Station of purpose of use, volume, processing measures, implementation plans and monitoring measures the use of infected aquatic animals;
b) not to use the affected aquatic animals do breed, fresh food for other aquatic animals;
c) aquatic animals shipping Only to the base collecting, buying, selling, processing, processing (hereinafter referred to as the receiving facility) and make sure don't do spread the disease in the course of transportation.
2. Immediately after receiving notice of the home base, veterinary Stations are responsible for: a) officer assignment guides, oversee the harvest, preservation, transportation of breeding establishments have affected aquatic animals;
b) announce the name, address, institution for quality management agency products and provincial fisheries where the reception to the monitor in the reception facility;
c) veterinary Bureau reported the results.
3. the institution must ensure and be responsible for disease safety during processing, processing.
Article 17. Aquatic animal healing 1. Animal healing principles of fisheries: a) the Only cure for the disease, the treatment of aquatic animals are ill are likely to be cured of the disease and have identified the disease;
b) case of healing, but not aquatic animals out or die in the healing process, the implementation of the provisions of article 17, article 18 and article 19 of this circular; Do not use the aquatic animals do not meet regulations on stop using drugs before harvest for food.  
2. Responsibility of rearing establishments: a) proactively aquatic animal healing the disease under the guidance of professional administration of animal health;
b) only use the veterinary medicines, chemicals, biological preparations have in the category veterinary use in aquatic animal health are allowed to circulate in Vietnam, at the same time using the correct dosage of medication follow the instructions of the manufacturer, the specialized agency of aquatic animal health; notes that the process of using this product.
3. The responsibility of the veterinary staff, animal health private: a) the aquatic animal healing under the guidance of the Bureau of animal health, animal health;
b) only use the veterinary medicines, chemicals, biological preparations have in the category veterinary use in aquatic animal health are allowed to circulate in Vietnam.
4. Responsibilities of veterinary Stations: a) joining instructions make animal treatment for infected aquatic veterinary staff, animal health and the private aquaculture;
b) report animal health about the effectiveness of the applied treatment.
5. The responsibility of the Bureau of animal health: a) instructions, common treatment of aquatic animals infected for veterinary staff, animal health and the aquatic animals;
b) in collaboration with the Bureau of fisheries, breeding establishments, institutions, individual testing protocols;
c) report Department of agricultural and rural development, animal health about the effectiveness of the application of treatment; the experiment proposal, issued new treatment more effective.
6. The responsibility of the Department of animal health: a) issued protocols for a number of aquatic animal disease hazards, there is the possibility of treatment;
b) inspect, evaluate the treatment; the use of drugs, chemicals, biological products for the treatment of the disease.
Article 18. Destruction of aquatic animal disease 1. Destruction order: a) veterinary Bureau reported the Department of agriculture and rural development and have the text suggested the people's Committee Chairman district level decision destroys and decided to form the nest destruction;
b) Nest destruction include: Veterinary Station, representatives of specialized agencies-level aquaculture, and township-level people's committees home base has infected aquatic animals are destroyed;  
c) within 24 hours from when the decision to establish, the destruction is responsible for implementing: zoned outbreak was identified in the decision to destroy; set thereon, certified by the home base has aquatic animals are destroyed. 
2. Chemicals used to destroy, disinfect exported from the National Reserve Fund, reserve fund, raising their home base or the types of chemicals used in the equivalent directory of veterinary drugs for use in aquatic animal health are allowed to circulate in Vietnam.
3. The cost of the destruction of infected aquatic animals, disinfect infected swamp pond processing due to local budget paid for by local regulations.
Article 19. Post-harvest disinfection, destruction for the drive, room 1. Home Base: a) disinfect the water in the tank, pond, dam; disinfect tools, tools, cages, nets; background processing, the bottom kill crustaceans and the intermediate host of transmission by use of chemicals after harvesting or destruction of aquatic animals, ensure no longer pathogens, chemical residues and ensure environmental hygiene;

b) to notify a foster facility adjacent to Union, shared water supply source to apply the preventive measures, to prevent the disease from spreading.
2. Participants in the process, destroy aquatic animals to perform personal hygiene to kill germs, not do disperse germs out of the environment and other domestic base.
Article 20. Published translations, held the aquatic animal disease prevention 1. Published room aquatic animal diseases to ensure qualified, properly authorized, openly, accurately, in a timely manner.
2. Within 24 hours from the receipt of the proposal published animal disease, the Chairman of people's Committee decided to publish epidemic aquatic animals when there are qualified as prescribed in clause 2 Article 34 of the law on animal health. 3. When announced, the Chairman of the provincial people's Committee directed the agencies, departments, organizations, individuals, local relevant made against measures according to the provisions of article 35 of the law on animal health. Article 21. The control of aquatic animal transport in the region have room 1. Veterinary Bureau of coordination with local authorities intensify control aquatic animal shipping as soon as the decision to publish epidemic effect.
2. aquaculture animals to be transported out of the room after it was processed in accordance with the instructions and has a quarantine certificate of the veterinary Bureau for cases shipped out of province-level areas.
3. Restrict shipping through the region have similar fisheries sensitive disease is announced. The case is shipped through the region has room to notice and follow the instructions of the Department of animal health. Article 22. Processing measures for breeding base have not had the disease in the region have room during the outbreak announced home base feed the need to apply the following measures: 1. Apply safety measures and sanitation often spend poison the environment, aquaculture area.
2. Enhance care and improve resistance to farmed aquatic animals.
3. Do not drop or drop new aquatic animals in plugins hypersensitivity disease published in the time of publication.
4. With regard to the basis of breeding ponds, dam: maximum limitation of water supplement, replace the water in local time has published translator or breeding facility around the reported appearance of the disease.
5. Strengthening the monitoring of the initiative aimed at early detection of infected aquatic animals, report to the local authorities or the veterinary staff and apply timely prevention measures.
Article 23. Announced most of room 1. After at least 15 (fifteen) days from the date of the last outbreak done without new outbreaks and has taken the measures provided for in point b, c paragraph 1 Article 36 of the law on veterinary medicine, veterinary Bureau has reported in writing and suggested the animal health condition assessment announced the end room.
2. Animal health or veterinary authorities authorized the Organization of appraisal conditions announced off room in no time too 48 hours for the commune in the plain or 72 hours for the communes in remote areas since getting the text proposed by the Bureau of animal health. 3. Shortly after the completion of the evaluation of the conditions announced the end room, animal health or veterinary authorities are authorized to have the Genus reply text health to General reporting and suggest people's Committee Chairman granted the decision announced the most room under the provisions of paragraph 1 to article 36 of the law on animal health; condition case announced the most room have not yet secured, animal health or veterinary authorities authorized veterinary Bureau guide implementation of the necessary measures to meet conditions of declared run out of room.
Chapter IV IMPLEMENTATION article 24. The responsibility of the Department of animal health 1. Construction, the Minister of agriculture and rural development approved the national programme on prevention of disease on aquatic animals; Disease surveillance program serves seafood exports; intensive research program on epidemiology, outbreak investigations and building map aquatic animal disease epidemiology; instructions, implementation after it is approved.
2. Instructions, test, monitor the deployment, aquatic animal disease prevention; handling violations in animal epidemic prevention fisheries.
 3. Inspect, guide the use chemicals from the National Reserve Fund for prevention of aquatic animal disease.
4. Enact and guide the local unity use the report form the aquatic animal disease. 
5. Organization of training on measures for prevention of aquatic animal disease for the veterinary Station, the Department of animal health and its subsidiaries veterinary Bureau. 6. Periodically provide animal disease data for fisheries General Directorate of fisheries to make the base build and implement measures for aquaculture management.
7. In collaboration with the organizations and individuals involved in and outside the country to study and apply the measures for prevention of aquatic animal disease; info about propaganda, aquatic animal disease prevention.
8. Provide information animal disease in nationwide for people, news agencies press to propagate disease prevention.
 Article 25. The responsibility of the General Directorate of fisheries 1. Hosted, in collaboration with the veterinary Bureau of construction and the Minister of agriculture and rural development approved a national plan on environmental monitoring in aquaculture; instructions, implementation after it is approved.
2. Directs, guides, test fisheries Bureau building and implementing the environmental monitoring plan, guide the implementation of environmental monitoring in the same production, aquaculture in order to meet the requirements, the aquatic animal disease prevention; issued and manual forms recorded in aquaculture activities.
3. The construction, the authority for approval and implementation of regulations, standards, technical standards on seed production and aquaculture products meet the safety requirements of disease.
4. Instructions, check and monitor the use of seed, feed, chemicals, drugs, biological products, processed products, environmental improvement; environmental management in aquaculture.
5. Directs, checking and monitoring the implementation of the crop, the application techniques of seed production of aquatic products, aquaculture products.
6. Periodically supply the aquaculture statistics for animal health to do the base build and implement measures for disease prevention.
7. In collaboration with the Department of animal health in the prevention of aquatic animal disease.
Article 26. The people's Committee in the level 1. Directing, supervising and checking the relevant local departments to build, organize, implement preventive plans aquatic animal diseases.
2. Arrange the funding for the activities, aquatic animal disease prevention, support the basis of aquatic animal diseases, both when disease occurred but not yet eligible to publish epidemic, when announced.
Article 27. The responsibility of the Department of agriculture and rural development 1. And Chief of the provincial people's Committee: a) the planning of aquaculture development, monitoring plan, environmental warnings and preventive plans aquatic animal diseases;
b) established the Reserve Fund of the local materials, chemicals, funding to implement prevention measures, including support for the adopted person has affected fisheries forced destruction, both when disease occurred but not yet eligible to publish epidemic and when announced;
c) assigned responsibility for the relevant units build and deployment plans, aquatic animal disease prevention; Environmental monitoring plan; the Organization disease surveillance animals breeding and aquatic environmental monitoring local aquaculture;
d) directed the related local units in collaboration with the Veterinary Department in the Organization of prevention, surveillance, investigation of aquatic animal disease locally;
DD) assigns, directs, supervises the handling, destruction of aquatic animal infectious disease facilities, and mobilize joined forces against the proposal of local veterinary agency. check, chemical usage guidelines from the National Reserve Fund, reserve fund of local regulations.
2. Directs the specialized agencies made the prevention of aquatic animal disease according to the provisions of this circular.
3. seed production management, safe aquaculture disease locally.
4. Direct the professional bodies perform environmental monitoring local aquaculture regulations this circular.
Article 28. The responsibility of the Bureau of animal health 1. Investigations, surveys and build the authority approved the plans for disease prevention of aquatic animals, including monitoring, advocacy information about aquatic animal disease in yearly; implementation of the plan after it is approved.
2. Guide to check and monitor the implementation of the preventive measures, treatment and disease prevention the aquatic animals in breeding establishments, trafficking, preservation, transportation of animals and aquatic products.
3. Steer and guide the veterinary Station, veterinary staff and home base feed made of animal disease reporting fisheries according to the form; responsible and veterinary Station and guide the person in charge of veterinary work in the use of the reporting form. 
4. Organization of training on disease prevention for vets and breeders of fisheries; Guide and directs veterinary Stations in cooperation with the specialized agencies at district level training institutions of the local breeding facility management.
5. Coordinate with related agencies to implement measures to strengthen quarantine, control aquatic animal transport.
6. Instructions, check the direction of veterinary stations held Chief Transport seafood harvested from the outbreak on the basis of preliminary processing, processing.
7. In collaboration with the Bureau of fisheries and the use of information about targets of environmental monitoring in construction and implementation plan on prevention of aquatic animal disease.
8. Periodically provide data for aquatic animal diseases Bureau of fisheries to make the base build and implement measures for aquaculture management.

9. Bureau of veterinary medicine offers disease information animal in the local scope management for the Government, the people, the press agency for the propagation of disease prevention.
Article 29. The responsibility of the Bureau of fisheries 1. The annual census, surveys and build the authority approved the plans in local environment monitoring; implementation of the plan after it is approved.
2. Guide the Organization, individuals adopted institutions under local planning; restore production after the processing of the epidemic.
3. Guide to check and monitor the application of the regulation, technical regulation, standards, process, notes that the form of the same aquatic animal production and aquaculture products meet the safety requirements of disease.
4. Make or manage the implementation of environmental monitoring mission in order to meet the requirements, the aquatic animal disease prevention.
5. Guide to check and monitor the use of food, chemicals, drugs, biological products, environmental improvement treatment in aquaculture; processing, improving the environment; make the crop breeding, applied techniques in seed production of fisheries and aquaculture products.
6. Periodically supply the aquaculture data, monitoring environmental warning for veterinary Bureau to do the base build and implement measures for disease prevention.
7. In collaboration with the Bureau of animal health, the veterinary agency, animal health, the General Directorate of fisheries in the prevention, prevention, disease surveillance the aquatic animals.
8. for the province of no Bureau of fisheries, the unit was assigned to manage aquaculture responsible provincial fisheries Bureau as in disease prevention on aquatic animals.
Article 30. The responsibility of the specialized agencies to the quality of agricultural production and fisheries granted the province of 1. In collaboration with the Bureau of animal health monitoring harvesting, aquatic animal transportation sick to food processing as required.
2. Monitoring of the receiving aquatic animals infected at the preliminary base, processing of aquatic food when the notice of the Department of animal health. 3. Share information about food safety in production and business establishments breeding, cultivating for veterinary Bureau to investigate the original sources and alerts.
Article 31. The responsibilities of the unit environmental monitoring 1. Perform environmental monitoring environmental monitoring plan approved in accordance with the law.
2. Collect information related to environmental monitoring activities and provide timely results of environmental monitoring for active administration environmental monitoring and related units.
3. Guidelines and participate in training on environmental monitoring aquaculture when required of the home base and the organizations, individuals or the Agency's monitoring activities management.
Article 32. The responsibilities and rights of the home base of raising 1. Apply the measures for disease prevention; obey the rules of quarantine, environmental monitoring, disease reporting, storing of records related to the operation of the facility as the same; renovate the pond dam; take care, management of aquatic animals; handle the outbreak, waste and waste water according to the instructions of the Bureau of animal health, the specialized agency in aquaculture.
2. Cooperation with the veterinary Bureau, Bureau of fisheries in the sampling of aquatic and environmental samples to test for the disease, the environment, collect information identifying the risk factors related to the environment and aquatic animal disease.
3. Provide information, data and documents on environmental monitoring, monitoring, prevention of aquatic animal diseases under the guidance of specialized agency animal health. 4. Only use medication, vaccines, chemicals, in products category veterinary use in aquatic animal health are allowed to circulate in Vietnam.
5. Attend the training course on animal epidemic prevention fisheries, farming techniques by the veterinary Bureau, Bureau of fisheries, agriculture, fisheries organizations.
6. Enjoy the support of the State of prevention according to the current rules.
Chapter V ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS Article 33. Effect 1. This circular is effective from July 1, 2016.
2. This circular replaces the following text: a) Circular No. 38/2012/TT-BNNPTNT on 2/8/2010 of the Ministry of agriculture and rural development issued listing aquatic animal diseases are published;
b) Circular No. 17/2014/TT-BNNPTNT on 20/6/2014 of the Ministry of agriculture and rural development for disease prevention regulations for aquatic animal feed.
3. in the implementation process, if there are problems, the agencies, organizations, personal reflections in time of Ministry of agriculture and rural development to consider, resolve./.