Bird flu in Vietnam

The following two articles are quite interesting for their up close look at life in Vietnam in the bird flu era.

Vietnam was initially the most hard hit country. Until recently passed by Indonesia, it had the most deaths from avian flu of any country in the world.

Yet it has successfully turned that around. In the past year, there've been no chicken flu cases found in people and only a few in birds.

It stands in stark contrast to Indonesia, where governments efforts to control the spread of bird flu are much weaker. And even to Thailand, which until recently also seemed to have the disease under control. But that country has had a small resurgence corresponding to political turmoil.

It's politically correst to say that Vietnam has been successful not because it's an authoritarian, socialist regime . . . but because they've attained consensus at every level.

They've achieved consensus at every level because it's an authoritarian, socialist regime.

That doesn't mean that ordinary people want bird flu back again, just that they know they must follow the government's lead.

bird flu prevention in Vietnam

bird flu and Vietnamese culture

The latest page added to my site on bird flu is:

bird flu complications -- encephalitis

Bird Flu in Vietnam
Bird Flu in Vietnam