Association activity, international items, research, new approaches, and Vietnamese legal texts on insect control.
News of VPMA activities, events, training and community work.
An article updated on 18 July 2022 in the Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine, with Tran Chi Cuong and Tran Vu Phong among the authors, describes some Association activities in 2020 in Hanoi, Ha Tinh and Son La. Some figures differ from items already posted on vpma.vn.
vpma.vn states that the Ministry of Home Affairs permitted the Association to be established under Decision No. 829/QĐ-BNV of 17 September 2019, with the English name Vietnam Pest Management Association (VPMA). The Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine cites the same decision number and date.
The FAOPMA Pest Summit 2024, hosted by the Indian Pest Control Association, was held on 7–10 August 2024 at the Westin Mumbai Powai Lake. VPMA members who registered as a group received a reduced fee.
The Vietnam Pest Management Association and members attended the FAOPMA Pest Summit 2022 at the Kyoto International Conference Center, Japan, on 6–8 November 2022, hosted by the Japan Pest Control Association.
According to FAOPMA’s ExCo Update of 15 May 2026, Vietnam is one of three newly approved national members, with Nepal and APJIPMI (Indonesia).
Items from FAOPMA, NPMA, WHO/PAHO, ECDC and other pest-management bodies.
Pest Magazine reported on 16 September 2026 that the British Pest Control Association spoke with MPs and chemical-industry representatives at a Chemical Business Association reception in the Palace of Westminster.
FAOPMA’s news page of 18 March 2026 said the federation had just run an online termite-management class, bringing together nearly 500 practitioners in the region. A May 2026 item on the same page says the Skilltech programme drew more than 500 people from 28 countries.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s communicable-disease threat report for week 39 (19–25 September 2026) shows the mosquito-borne disease season still under way in several countries.
The British Pest Control Association published research on how local councils in the United Kingdom provide or refer pest-control services for residents.
The British Pest Control Association introduced a new online course on environmental risk assessment (ERA) for rodenticide use, following the process of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU UK).
Short summaries of new papers on insects, chemicals and vector-borne disease.
A paper of 8 September 2026 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases surveyed mitochondrial DNA and insecticide response of Aedes aegypti in Kenya. Coastal populations were clearly resistant to permethrin and still susceptible to bendiocarb, deltamethrin and fenitrothion.
On 11 June 2026 WHO updated insecticide-resistance methods: discriminating concentrations for two indoor residual-spray active ingredients, broflanilide and isocycloseram, and how to read susceptibility to chlorfenapyr.
A VectorIS summary citing CDC says leptospirosis is caused by Leptospira bacteria in the urine of infected animals and can rise after storms or floods. Incubation is often 2–30 days. Prevention includes avoiding swimming or wading in suspect water, covering wounds, wearing waterproof boots, and controlling rodents.
VectorIS summarises WHO’s insecticide-resistance pages: widespread resistance threatens malaria mosquito control. The programme includes GPIRM, a national planning framework, susceptibility-test SOPs, the World malaria report, a DHIS2 tool, a database from 1978, and the Malaria Threats Map.
VectorIS, citing CDC, says Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs is heartworm disease, transmitted by mosquitoes (Aedes, Anopheles, Mansonia). In dogs it can block the pulmonary artery and cause cough and fatigue on exercise. Prevention is fewer mosquito bites and asking a veterinarian about a prevention schedule. The article names no brand.
Technologies and methods: Wolbachia, attractive targeted sugar baits, emanators, genetic control.
On 30 July 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia’s Ministry of Health and the World Mosquito Program signed a memorandum of understanding on Wolbachia technology, toward a goal of no dengue deaths by 2030.
The PQT/VCP bulletin of 21 July 2026 said that, as of June 2026, 85 sources covering 37 active ingredients were on the WHO specification list. From 30 May 2026, new product dossiers and variation dossiers must be filed through the ePQS portal.
VectorIS, citing CDC, notes that mosquitoes bite day and night and lay eggs where water is held. With an adult, children can each week empty, scrub, turn over or cover tyres, buckets, toys, tanks, bird baths, pot saucers and bins. They should not handle chemicals themselves.
A VectorIS item citing EPA says rodents may not be seen until numbers are already high. Signs include droppings, nests, gnawed packaging, holes in walls or floors, and odour. Prevention means sealing holes (steel wool can be used), clearing nest sites, and cutting off food and water.
VectorIS summarises a CDC surveillance toolkit: the autocidal gravid ovitrap uses a hay packet and 8–10 litres of water to attract females about to lay eggs (Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Culex quinquefasciatus). It can be left for up to about two months without constant checking.
Vietnamese legal texts on chemicals and on household and public-health insecticide and disinfectant products.
The Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, issued Decision No. 97/QĐ-PB on 30 June 2026 on lists and forms for surveillance and reporting under Circular 15/2026/TT-BYT. It takes effect on 1 July 2026.
On 18 June 2026 the Dak Lak reproductive-health centre reported Official Letter No. 4260/BYT-PB of 10 June 2026, sent to provincial and city People’s Committees, on tighter management of chemicals and household and public-health insecticide and disinfectant products.
The Government issued Decree 275/2026/NĐ-CP on 8 July 2026 on administrative penalties in chemicals and industrial explosives, effective 25 August 2026. Section 6 covers household and public-health insecticide and disinfectant products.
The Ministry of Health published 13 amended administrative procedures and 4 abolished procedures in preventive medicine, implementing Resolution 66.18/2026/NQ-CP. Procedures for product registration move to the provincial health authority, applied from 1 July 2026 to 28 February 2027.
The Ministry of Health issued Circular 15/2026/TT-BYT detailing the Law on Disease Prevention on surveillance, disease groups, notification, risk assessment and outbreak response. It takes effect on 1 July 2026.
Pest Magazine reported on 16 September 2026 that the British Pest Control Association spoke with MPs and chemical-industry representatives at a Chemical Business Association reception in the Palace of Westminster.
A paper of 8 September 2026 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases surveyed mitochondrial DNA and insecticide response of Aedes aegypti in Kenya. Coastal populations were clearly resistant to permethrin and still susceptible to bendiocarb, deltamethrin and fenitrothion.
On 30 July 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia’s Ministry of Health and the World Mosquito Program signed a memorandum of understanding on Wolbachia technology, toward a goal of no dengue deaths by 2030.
The PQT/VCP bulletin of 21 July 2026 said that, as of June 2026, 85 sources covering 37 active ingredients were on the WHO specification list. From 30 May 2026, new product dossiers and variation dossiers must be filed through the ePQS portal.
The Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, issued Decision No. 97/QĐ-PB on 30 June 2026 on lists and forms for surveillance and reporting under Circular 15/2026/TT-BYT. It takes effect on 1 July 2026.
On 11 June 2026 WHO updated insecticide-resistance methods: discriminating concentrations for two indoor residual-spray active ingredients, broflanilide and isocycloseram, and how to read susceptibility to chlorfenapyr.
On 18 June 2026 the Dak Lak reproductive-health centre reported Official Letter No. 4260/BYT-PB of 10 June 2026, sent to provincial and city People’s Committees, on tighter management of chemicals and household and public-health insecticide and disinfectant products.
FAOPMA’s news page of 18 March 2026 said the federation had just run an online termite-management class, bringing together nearly 500 practitioners in the region. A May 2026 item on the same page says the Skilltech programme drew more than 500 people from 28 countries.
An article updated on 18 July 2022 in the Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine, with Tran Chi Cuong and Tran Vu Phong among the authors, describes some Association activities in 2020 in Hanoi, Ha Tinh and Son La. Some figures differ from items already posted on vpma.vn.
vpma.vn states that the Ministry of Home Affairs permitted the Association to be established under Decision No. 829/QĐ-BNV of 17 September 2019, with the English name Vietnam Pest Management Association (VPMA). The Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine cites the same decision number and date.
A VectorIS summary citing CDC says leptospirosis is caused by Leptospira bacteria in the urine of infected animals and can rise after storms or floods. Incubation is often 2–30 days. Prevention includes avoiding swimming or wading in suspect water, covering wounds, wearing waterproof boots, and controlling rodents.
VectorIS, citing CDC, notes that mosquitoes bite day and night and lay eggs where water is held. With an adult, children can each week empty, scrub, turn over or cover tyres, buckets, toys, tanks, bird baths, pot saucers and bins. They should not handle chemicals themselves.
A VectorIS item citing EPA says rodents may not be seen until numbers are already high. Signs include droppings, nests, gnawed packaging, holes in walls or floors, and odour. Prevention means sealing holes (steel wool can be used), clearing nest sites, and cutting off food and water.
VectorIS summarises WHO’s insecticide-resistance pages: widespread resistance threatens malaria mosquito control. The programme includes GPIRM, a national planning framework, susceptibility-test SOPs, the World malaria report, a DHIS2 tool, a database from 1978, and the Malaria Threats Map.
VectorIS, citing CDC, says Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs is heartworm disease, transmitted by mosquitoes (Aedes, Anopheles, Mansonia). In dogs it can block the pulmonary artery and cause cough and fatigue on exercise. Prevention is fewer mosquito bites and asking a veterinarian about a prevention schedule. The article names no brand.
VectorIS summarises a CDC surveillance toolkit: the autocidal gravid ovitrap uses a hay packet and 8–10 litres of water to attract females about to lay eggs (Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Culex quinquefasciatus). It can be left for up to about two months without constant checking.
VectorIS, citing CDC, says the bottle bioassay coats a bottle with a diagnostic dose, introduces mosquitoes, and watches them for two hours. Resistance is read from mortality at the diagnostic time: 98–100% susceptible, 90–97% resistance developing, under 90% resistant.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s communicable-disease threat report for week 39 (19–25 September 2026) shows the mosquito-borne disease season still under way in several countries.
A qualitative study in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases interviewed stakeholders in Vietnam about why proactive removal of mosquito breeding sites, triggered by early warning, is still difficult.
In September 2026 Portugal released sterile male Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) in Alvalade, Lisbon — the city’s first field trial of the sterile-insect technique. A controlled trial is expected in May 2027.
The British Pest Control Association published research on how local councils in the United Kingdom provide or refer pest-control services for residents.
SenesTech (United States) said it was placing the Evolve rodent fertility-control line on the Grove Collaborative online retail channel, widening access for consumers.
The British Pest Control Association introduced a new online course on environmental risk assessment (ERA) for rodenticide use, following the process of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU UK).
Dengue situation update No. 754 (17 September 2026) from the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific shows cases in Vietnam and Cambodia much higher than the year before.
A paper in Cell Research reports that malnutrition changes skin chemistry and the skin microbiome, so mosquitoes are more strongly attracted and the risk of dengue-virus transmission rises.
A national serosurvey in Timor-Leste used spatial models to estimate the force of infection of dengue virus and to identify hotspots.
A study by Nguyen Van Hiep and colleagues in the Journal of Tropical Science and Engineering assessed permethrin susceptibility and pyrethroid-resistance mutations in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Ho Chi Minh City.
The National Pest Management Association published its Bug Barometer for autumn–winter 2026, saying a warmer-than-usual autumn could extend activity of several pests.
The Government issued Decree 275/2026/NĐ-CP on 8 July 2026 on administrative penalties in chemicals and industrial explosives, effective 25 August 2026. Section 6 covers household and public-health insecticide and disinfectant products.
WHO released the Operational manual on larval source management (173 pages, ISBN 978-92-4-012321-2), a practical guide for breeding-site management of malaria mosquitoes and Aedes mosquitoes that transmit arboviruses.
Exterminators PLC introduced the third generation of its Smart Missile termite bait station, with artificial-intelligence detection and an IoT connection.
A paper in Ecotoxicology (volume 35, article 123) assessed insecticide resistance in the house fly (Musca domestica) with feeding tests and a screen for resistance mutations.
WHO reported progress in reviewing the evidence for Wolbachia population replacement against diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes.
The Ministry of Health published 13 amended administrative procedures and 4 abolished procedures in preventive medicine, implementing Resolution 66.18/2026/NQ-CP. Procedures for product registration move to the provincial health authority, applied from 1 July 2026 to 28 February 2027.
The Ministry of Health issued Circular 15/2026/TT-BYT detailing the Law on Disease Prevention on surveillance, disease groups, notification, risk assessment and outbreak response. It takes effect on 1 July 2026.
Decree 90/2026/NĐ-CP of 30 March 2026 sets administrative penalties in the health sector, effective 15 May 2026, replacing Decree 117/2020/NĐ-CP.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular 01/2026/TT-BCT on 17 January 2026, guiding the Law on Chemicals and Decree 26/2026/NĐ-CP. It took effect on the date of signature.
The FAOPMA Pest Summit 2024, hosted by the Indian Pest Control Association, was held on 7–10 August 2024 at the Westin Mumbai Powai Lake. VPMA members who registered as a group received a reduced fee.
The Vietnam Pest Management Association and members attended the FAOPMA Pest Summit 2022 at the Kyoto International Conference Center, Japan, on 6–8 November 2022, hosted by the Japan Pest Control Association.
According to Cambodia’s National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, the country recorded 52 malaria cases last year, down 84% from 2024, and aims for elimination certification in 2030.
A University of Kentucky study found that essential-oil products kill cockroaches well when sprayed directly but work poorly as a residual spray.
Cases were 57% lower than the same period in 2025, but dengue was still widespread. The case-fatality ratio was 0.032%, with 521 deaths.
According to NPMA, bill S. 2398 would provide a further USD 150 million through fiscal year 2030 for tick surveillance, pathogen research, and training of public-health entomologists.
Mortality of Aedes aegypti exposed to deltamethrin fell from 95% to 46%. The study suggests reconsidering a strategy that relies on chemicals, and supporting Wolbachia.
NPMA members receive a quarterly economic forecast using industry indicators such as employment, wages and the number of operating locations.
Analysis of 971 bed bugs from 109 populations indicates that US lineages were already present and evolved separately, with different resistance mutations.
A WHO certification mission worked in Bhutan from 23 August to 1 September 2026 after three consecutive years (2022–2025) with no indigenous malaria. Bhutan also launched a 2026–2030 plan against re-establishment.
The August 2026 update from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control records dengue in more than 90 countries and territories. The total is lower than the same period in 2025.
A study in Urban Ecosystems by Auburn University reconstructs how the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus) spread from the port of Mobile deeper into Alabama over four decades.
A paper in Parasites & Vectors is the first to record both phenotypic resistance and kdr mutations in Aedes aegypti in mainland Tanzania, data for choosing chemicals in dengue control.
On 23 July 2026 in Hanoi, Mr Tran Chi Cuong, VPMA Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Hoang Nam Distribution JSC (Kingvina, a member of the Association), met World Poultry magazine about communication on insect-related disease prevention in livestock.
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) allowed Flyttr (the new name of Oxitec) to produce and sell a Wolbachia mosquito solution for the national arbovirus-control programme. The company says this is the first commercial licence for Wolbachia population replacement.
FAOPMA’s annual conference is being held in New Zealand for the first time, co-hosted by PMANZ and AEPMA, with a focus on technology, sustainability, climate and regulatory change.
After a successful pilot in Larnaca, Cyprus is building a large facility to produce sterile male mosquitoes, with IAEA support, in order to remove Aedes aegypti from the island.
Researchers built a process to predict and test gene-drive-resistant variants, then designed a drive aimed at several gene sites in Anopheles gambiae.
The draft, led by the Ministry of Health, would cover the chain from manufacture, testing and trials to circulation, import, export and transport. The comment deadline was 9 July 2026.
The transporter PfApiAT2 lets Plasmodium falciparum take up proline from the mosquito. Without it, oocysts stop developing and do not produce sporozoites.
According to FAOPMA’s ExCo Update of 15 May 2026, Vietnam is one of three newly approved national members, with Nepal and APJIPMI (Indonesia).
The Government issued Decree 165/2026/NĐ-CP on 15 May 2026, detailing and guiding parts of the Law on Disease Prevention. Most of it takes effect on 1 July 2026.
WHO chose that theme for World Malaria Day on 25 April 2026. In 2024, 610,000 people died of malaria even though several new tools are available.
Using the germline promoters spo11 and vasa1, researchers developed a system that biases offspring toward males and spreads beyond Mendelian inheritance.
A large cluster-randomised trial covering more than 700,000 residents found 71–72% protective efficacy after at least three months of intervention.
Issued by the Ministry of Health on 31 March 2026, effective 15 May 2026, replacing Circular 11/2020/TT-BYT. It applies to organisations and individuals that manufacture or import the products.
A paper in the Journal of Pest Science uses a pose-tracking model to study how Coptotermes formosanus alates move after shedding their wings, then simulates how often they meet to found a new colony.
A BMC Biology study of Aedes aegypti from Havana, Cuba, found that vertical transmission can produce females with infectious virus in saliva without a blood meal from a sick person.
WHO’s vector-control prequalification unit (PQT/VCP) added the Synera DuoForte net to the prequalified list on 25 February 2026. The July 2026 bulletin says it was the only product prequalified in the first half of the year.
A survey at dengue hotspots in Malaysia found widespread pyrethroid resistance and the start of resistance to organophosphates.
The Pan American Health Organization issued an epidemiological alert as chikungunya rose from late 2025 and returned to places that had not had local transmission for years. PAHO asks countries to prepare and to remove mosquito breeding sites.
A Nature paper reports that flaviviruses spread inside the mosquito mainly in extracellular vesicles carrying nucleocapsid, and that a match between the virus capsid and the mosquito VCP protein decides which mosquito species can transmit.
Decree 26/2026/NĐ-CP of 17 January 2026 details the Law on Chemicals on chemical activity and hazardous chemicals in products. It took effect on the date of signature and replaces Decree 113/2017/NĐ-CP.
Decree 24/2026/NĐ-CP of 17 January 2026 issues the chemical lists under Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15. Businesses use it to see which management group a chemical falls into.
Decree 25/2026/NĐ-CP of 17 January 2026 details the Law on Chemicals on development of the chemical industry and on chemical safety and security, including a requirement for specialised chemical-safety training.
The International Atomic Energy Agency and the city of Graz published the first results of a mark–release–recapture study with more than 800,000 male Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) sterilised by radiation.
A field trial in 24 camps for displaced people in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria, provides the first epidemiological efficacy data in West Africa for spatial emanators in a humanitarian setting.
The National Assembly passed the law on 10 December 2025. It takes effect on 1 July 2026 and replaces the 2007 law. It states that insects are one type of vector of infectious disease.
A six-month trial in Maiduguri found that sugar-bait stations inside and outside tents clearly reduced the density of Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes taking blood meals indoors.
WHO issued a recommendation on spatial emanators and prequalified the first two products.
From more than 223,000 cases in 2006, Timor-Leste has had no indigenous malaria since 2021 and is the third country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to be certified.
The National Assembly passed the revised Law on Chemicals on 14 June 2025, replacing Law No. 06/2007/QH12. It is the basis for rules on declaring hazardous chemicals in products.
With the agreement of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Health, a congress of more than 60 official delegates elected an Executive Committee of 17 members. Mr Tran Chi Cuong was elected Chairman.
The Ministry of Health consolidated Decree 91/2016/NĐ-CP with amendments in Decree 155/2018/NĐ-CP and Decree 129/2024/NĐ-CP into one text for easier reference.
It amends Decree 91/2016/NĐ-CP and Decree 155/2018/NĐ-CP, effective 30 November 2024, and simplifies the procedure for producers to notify eligibility to manufacture the products. The Association should confirm the legal wording.
Specialists shared updated information on insecticide products and on how to use them safely. Members joined on site and online.
On 17 June 2023 VPMA held a workshop on insecticide sprayers. Specialists shared experience with common and newer equipment. Many member organisations and suppliers took part.
Looking back on the first years, the Executive Committee congratulated leaders, members and everyone who had contributed to the Association.
The Association invited delegates and members to the ceremony on 28 December 2022 at 83 Hao Nam, Hanoi.
VPMA and the Human Resources Professional Association (HRP) held the workshop with speaker Doan Van Anh, and a study visit to IDSV.
From May to August 2021, eight online classes (content following Ministry of Health guidance) were held. About 400 participants received an Association certificate of course completion.
With Son La CDC, 22 members joined a programme supporting highland children in Suoi Tau village, Phu Yen district.
With the National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, VPMA delivered gifts and 20 million VND to Ha Tinh CDC for post-flood disease control.
The Association mobilised 25 members, 10 cars and 15 sprayers. Members joined Ministry of Health mobile team No. 2 in Quang Binh.
In October 2020 VPMA and the Ong Cham group supported disinfection, mosquito control, and gifts for teachers and pupils in the highlands.
On 28 July 2020 the Association briefed members on dengue and on newer approaches to mosquito control, and members met one another.
With mass organisations, VPMA disinfected five hotspots, with more than 100 member-visits, 30 sprayer-visits and 10 cars.
On a journey the length of Vietnam, VPMA visited the Thong Dong ecological, cultural and spiritual site and donated one container of pest-control product.
The book collects writing on the work of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the home-affairs sector, and organisations and individuals who have contributed.
International items, research, new approaches and legal texts are short summaries prepared by VPMA, with a link to the original source. The date follows the source’s publication or issue date. Ten of the newest articles are in English. Older articles open in Vietnamese.
