The health ministry will strengthen checks at international border gatesto ensure products contaminated by radiation do not enter the country.
The move comes after concerns were raised over thethreat of imported products from Japan contaminated by radiation.Additional measures announced by the ministry also include boostingprovision of health consultancy services relating to radioactiveexposure.
The ministry will also work with relevantministries and agencies to inspect radioactive contamination at airportsand monitor the spread of radioactive clouds from Japan to Vietnam, according to head of the ministry's Preventive Medicine DepartmentNguyen Van Binh.
The department has compiled listsof passengers from Japan to Vietnam to tighten checks on the 300 to400 passengers that travel from Japan to Vietnam each day.
These passengers all underwent radioactive decontamination proceduresbefore leaving Japan following an agreement between Japan andVietnam .
"Basically all passengers and products entering Vietnam from Japan are now safe," said Binh.
"However, the ministry will still keep close watch over passengers,particularly those from the southern region of Japan , just in casethey are contaminated and somehow slipped through the safety net."
Observation stations in Hanoi , Lang Son, Da Lat, Ninh Thuan and HCMCity have been recording the movement of radioactive clouds,according to the Institute of Nuclear Technology and Science.
"However, the level of radiation from these clouds are at a very lowlevel, and do not pose a threat to human health and the environment,"said the institute's director Trinh Van Giap. /.
The move comes after concerns were raised over thethreat of imported products from Japan contaminated by radiation.Additional measures announced by the ministry also include boostingprovision of health consultancy services relating to radioactiveexposure.
The ministry will also work with relevantministries and agencies to inspect radioactive contamination at airportsand monitor the spread of radioactive clouds from Japan to Vietnam, according to head of the ministry's Preventive Medicine DepartmentNguyen Van Binh.
The department has compiled listsof passengers from Japan to Vietnam to tighten checks on the 300 to400 passengers that travel from Japan to Vietnam each day.
These passengers all underwent radioactive decontamination proceduresbefore leaving Japan following an agreement between Japan andVietnam .
"Basically all passengers and products entering Vietnam from Japan are now safe," said Binh.
"However, the ministry will still keep close watch over passengers,particularly those from the southern region of Japan , just in casethey are contaminated and somehow slipped through the safety net."
Observation stations in Hanoi , Lang Son, Da Lat, Ninh Thuan and HCMCity have been recording the movement of radioactive clouds,according to the Institute of Nuclear Technology and Science.
"However, the level of radiation from these clouds are at a very lowlevel, and do not pose a threat to human health and the environment,"said the institute's director Trinh Van Giap. /.
