The Vietnam Pest Management Association (VPMA) brings together organisations and individuals in the sector, supports professional skills, shares scientific knowledge, and encourages modern, safer methods that reduce unwanted effects on the environment.
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Needs the Association’s confirmation. On 6 October 2026 NPMA (US) released its 2025–2026 Impact Report, themed “Protecting What Matters”, reviewing a fiscal year of advocacy, workforce development, education and events and previewing initiatives for the year ahead.
Needs the Association’s confirmation. NPMA (US), in partnership with Ecovar, announced that the programme for PestWorld East 2027 is available. The event takes place on 2–3 February 2027 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (UAE) for pest management professionals from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and beyond, with two days of education, networking and industry collaboration.
Needs the Association’s confirmation. Pest Control Technology (PCT) reported on 8 October 2026 that the Washington State Pest Management Association (WSPMA, US) held its 2026 Rodent Academy Training (RAT) on 27–29 September 2026 in Vancouver, Washington, for pest management professionals, researchers and industry partners, under the theme “Knowledge. Skills. Real-World Impact.”
Needs the Association’s confirmation. Pest Control Technology (PCT) reported on 6 October 2026 that the Urban Pest Management Technical Committee (UPMTC), a network of pest management professionals, visited Oklahoma State University in Stillwater (US) to learn from its researchers and to run a joint workshop on stored product pest management.
Needs the Association’s confirmation. The US National Pest Management Association (NPMA) announced on 5 October 2026 that the Pest Management Foundation has opened its call for applications for the 2026–2027 scholarships. Applications are due by 30 November 2026, and recipients will be announced in mid-January 2027.
Items from FAOPMA, NPMA, WHO/PAHO, ECDC and other pest-management bodies.
The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on 10 October 2026 that at least four dengue patients died and 1,631 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours to 8 a.m. that day.
A Hillsborough County (Florida, US) release of 8 October 2026 says County Administrator Bonnie Wise signed an executive order extending the local state of emergency to 15 October 2026 as the County works to control the mosquito population and protect residents from dengue fever.
A Hillsborough County (Florida, US) release of 9 October 2026 says County Mosquito Management Services would apply Dibrom from the air to control adult mosquitoes from 7:30 p.m. on 9 October to 6 a.m. on 10 October 2026 (Florida time) over Apollo Beach, Ruskin and Wimauma.
SunStar Philippines reported on 8 October 2026 that the Department of Health (DOH) recorded a total of 180,770 dengue cases nationwide as of 30 September 2026, 27% lower than the 246,082 cases in the same period of 2025.
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) reported on 7 October 2026 that mosquito control treatments would be carried out on Wednesday and Thursday (7 and 8 October 2026) in Altadena and Monterey Park, Southern California, to reduce mosquito numbers that have surged during an intense heat wave and to lower the risk of West Nile virus.
Short summaries of new papers on insects, chemicals and vector-borne disease.
A study published in Tropical Medicine and Health on 20 September 2026 (featured by MalariaWorld on 8 October 2026) assessed pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles coluzzii collected in southern Benin, from two agricultural areas (Sèmè-Kpodji, Abomey-Calavi) and one non-agricultural urban area (Yenawa).
A review published in the Journal of Vector Borne Diseases on 21 August 2026 (featured by MalariaWorld on 8 October 2026) summarises the current situation and geographical patterns of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors and the consequences for malaria control.
A study published online in Communications Medicine on 8 October 2026 by authors from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, the US National Library of Medicine (NIH), New York University and the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra estimates global habitability for Aedes mosquitoes at high spatial resolution in five-year steps from 1970 to 2024.
On 1 October 2026 the journal Trials published a study protocol by the Environmental Health Institute of Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) with the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University: a randomised controlled trial in high-rise public housing estates to test whether releasing male Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti, on top of routine vector control, can curb the growth of dengue clusters.
A study published in Parasites & Vectors on 27 September 2026 by the University of the West Indies, Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness and the US CDC shows that Aedes aegypti from both urban (Kingston and St Andrew) and rural (Lances Bay, Hanover) Jamaica resist several insecticide classes: permethrin, deltamethrin and malathion.
Technologies and methods: Wolbachia, attractive targeted sugar baits, emanators, genetic control.
A Hillsborough County (Florida, US) release of 8 October 2026: during the dengue outbreak, County Mosquito Management reminds brick-and-mortar businesses to check the alley behind the shop, loading areas, dumpsters and outdoor storage and remove anything that collects rainwater.
WIPO’s PATENTSCOPE published on 8 October 2026 international application WO/2026/211873 “Air conditioning device and pest control agent module” (PCT/JP2026/013521, filed 31 March 2026): an air conditioning device fitted with a pest control agent module.
A study published in PLOS One on 9 October 2026 by China Jiliang University and the Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention built a deep learning system that recognises mosquitoes from both adult and larval morphology and runs directly on Android phones.
The Times Sierra Leone published an article by a health promotion officer of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health: from 6 to 20 October 2026 the Ministry, through the National Malaria Control Programme and partners, is deploying 101,862 spatial emanators in Sittia and Dema chiefdoms (Bonthe District) and Yoni Mabanta and Poli chiefdoms (Tonkolili District).
eBioMedicine (volume 132, October 2026) has published the second set of results from a cluster-randomised trial led by the Environmental Health Institute of Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA): residential clusters where male Aedes aegypti carrying Wolbachia were released had clearly lower dengue incidence than control clusters.
Vietnamese legal texts on chemicals and on household and public-health insecticide and disinfectant products.
Thanh Hoa Newspaper reported on 9 October 2026 that by that morning the dengue cluster in Lien Hai residential group, Hai Binh ward, had 5 cases. After the first treatment, surveillance showed mosquito and larval indices were still high.
Doi song va Phap luat magazine reported on 9 October 2026 (citing Dan Tri) that on the evening of 7 October Ben Thuy Health Station (Truong Vinh ward, Nghe An province) recorded a locally acquired dengue case in Ben Thuy 1 block; the patient is a 13-year-old lower secondary pupil.
The Gia Vien ward website (Hai Phong City) reported on 9 October 2026 that, to prevent dengue, the ward is running a campaign of environmental cleaning, larval control and proactive mosquito spraying; the launch is at 7 a.m. on 11 October 2026, at the same time in all 32 residential groups.
The Nhon My commune website (An Giang province) reported that on the afternoon of 7 October 2026 the commune People’s Committee held a meeting to launch the third community-based larval control campaign of 2026 against dengue. Since the start of the year the commune has recorded 188 cases in 51 outbreaks, with no deaths.
The website of Ea Kao ward (Dak Lak province) reported on 4 October 2026 that, as dengue was becoming more complicated, the ward People’s Committee was carrying out wide-area spraying against adult mosquitoes in high-risk areas. From the start of the year to 30 September 2026 the ward recorded 416 cases, 227 of them in September.
Permitted to establish by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2019, VPMA connects organisations and individuals who join voluntarily. Its stated purposes are:
“To remain a bridge so members can exchange information, experience and scientific and technical results from Vietnam and abroad.”
Dear members, partners and readers,
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Pest Management Association for term II (2025–2030), I welcome you to the Association’s website.
The Association brings together organisations and individuals working in household and public-health pest management. In this term, the Association wants to remain a bridge for members to exchange information, experience and scientific and technical results from Vietnam and abroad; to share scientific and technical knowledge with members and the public; and to develop modern, safer methods that raise service quality and reduce unwanted effects on the environment.
As a national member of the Federation of Asian and Oceania Pest Managers’ Associations (FAOPMA), the Association wants to widen links so members can learn from the region, and to contribute to the country’s socio-economic development.
We hope you will continue to work with us and to send comments. Respectfully,
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According to the ExCo Update of 15 May 2026 from the Federation of Asian and Oceania Pest Managers’ Associations (FAOPMA), Vietnam is one of three newly approved national members, with Nepal and APJIPMI (Indonesia).
Examples from 2019 onward, taken from items the Association has already published.
Disinfection-skills classes with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology; a workshop on safe use of products; a business-management workshop.
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Support after the 2020 floods, a COVID-19 campaign, and community work in Lao Cai, Ha Tinh and Son La.
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Visits and shared work between member businesses.
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A channel toward regional standards, events and pest-management networks.
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The Ministry of Home Affairs issued Decision 829/QĐ-BNV. Term I (2019–2025), Chairman: Mr Tran Vu Phong.
With the Ong Cham group, support for Thuong Ha 1 Primary School.
VPMA members joined Ministry of Health mobile team No. 2 in Quang Binh.
With the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology; about 400 participants.
At the 83 Hao Nam event centre, Hanoi.
At the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, on site and online.
Executive Committee of 17 members; Mr Tran Chi Cuong elected Chairman.
FAOPMA announced Vietnam’s approval (bulletin of 15 May 2026).
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