Tabletop workshop on crisis communication: regional response to chemical and biological incidents
Unofficial translation from the Vietnamese original.
From 4 to 7 November 2025, a tabletop workshop on crisis communication: regional response to chemical and biological incidents, organised by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), was held at the United Nations Conference Centre, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was attended by more than 56 experts from UNICRI and 14 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas, together with a Vietnamese working delegation of four officers from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of National Defence.
Workshop participants pose for a group photo
The workshop aimed to improve knowledge and communication capacity and to counter disinformation in responding to chemical and biological (CB) crises.
The workshop focused on the following main topics:
- Crisis communication planning;
- Communication strategies for responding to CB situations;
- Skills for detecting and analysing disinformation in CB crises;
- Techniques for countering disinformation;
- Practical exercises and solutions to enhance coordination capacity in countering disinformation when responding to CB crises.
Members of the Vietnamese delegation at the workshop
The workshop gave our officers the opportunity to exchange views and learn from the experience of many countries, so as to be able to advise on more effective measures for preventing and responding to communication crises related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and environmental incidents (if any) in the future.