Abstract
Abstract: The Vietnam National Leprosy Control Program (NLCP) was launched in 1982 and Multidrug Therapy (MDT) was implemented one year later (1983). Since then, remarkable progress has been achieved in reducing the disease burden. Vietnam reached the goal of leprosy elimination with the prevalence rate (PR) of less than 1 case/10, 000 population at National level in 1995 and at District level in the year 2000.
 After reaching the goal of leprosy elimination as a public health problem, in 2003 the NLCP set up the new strategy with 4 Vietnamese criteria for elimination at Provincial level. The Leprosy network was improved, and activities of the program were strengthened from Central to grassroot level. As a result, all provinces/cities gained the Vietnamese criteria of leprosy elimination in 2012.
 Although the prevalence rate has come down, new cases are being continuously detected yearly in some regions of the country. Based on the new situation of the disease, a new strategy has been developed in order to eliminate leprosy at the district level.
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