Investments to Help Sustain Global Market Demand
VIET NAM - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week (16 November) that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in approximately 70 US agricultural organizations to help expand...

Tests Reveal Illegal Additive in Pig Feed
VIET NAM - A banned feed additive, salbutamol, has been found in pig feeds.

Authorities Impose Strict PRRS Control Measures
VIET NAM - The HCM City People's Committee has ordered districts to step up efforts to check the spread of blue-ear disease (Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome; PRRS) among pigs.

Viet Nam Gets Help Establishing Fair Trade Rules
VIET NAM - Viet Nam is building a solid foundation of laws and notification procedures regarding food, animal health and plant health with assistance from the US Grains Council and the Food and Agriculture...

Compensation for Farmers of PRRS-Infected Pigs
VIET NAM - Dak Lak province is to compensate farmers whose pigs have been slaughtered as the result of blue ear disease.

Measures in Place as PRRS Becomes More Widespread
VIET NAM - Localities are urgently tightening control of the transport and slaughtering of sick pigs in an effort to contain the blue-ear pig, or porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) epidemic,...

Viet Nam Takes Control of Blue Ear Disease
VIET NAM - Viet Nam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed local administrations in areas affected by blue ear disease, also known as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) to beef...

PRRS Strikes Six Areas; Ton of Pork Seized
VIET NAM - Police in the northern province of Hai Duong have confiscated more than a ton of pork and pork fat of unknown origins, which was set to be transported to Hai Phong City.

Viet Nam Finds Swine Virus in Children’s Vaccine
VIET NAM - Researchers have found traces of a virus that lives on swine in a diarrhea vaccine produced by British GlaxoSmithKline and used widely in Viet Nam.

Canada Helps Viet Nam Improve Safety in Processing
VIET NAM - The Canada International Development Agency (CIDA) has kicked off a three-year project worth USD 17 million to help six cities and provinces in Viet Nam to produce safe pork.

Viet Nam Reviews Livestock Sector to Meet Demand
VIET NAM - A review of the livestock industry is under way.

Viet Nam Pushes to Reform Meat Processing Industry
VIET NAM - The Vietnamese government is pushing to reform and modernise its meat processing industry.

HPAI, FMD and PRRS Set to Return to Viet Nam
VIET NAM - VIET NAM - Animal health officials predict that foot and mouth disease (FMD), blue-ear disease (PRRS) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) will soon return to the south of the country....

Creek Gets Double Dose of Pig Waste
VIET NAM - Inspectors discovered a second pig breeding farm Friday responsible for polluting Ben Van Creek in Binh Duong Province.

New Move to Boost Food Safety
VIET NAM - Officials have proposed that vans are supplied to Hanoi's meat traders in order to improve food safety.

Tariff Rises Have Helped Cut Imports
VIET NAM - Tariff hikes have helped to reduce imports of meat and poultry products.

Poultry and Livestock Diseases Continue Spreading
VIET NAM - Diseases affecting Viet Nam’s fowl and cattle are continuing to spread throughout the country, the Department of Animal Health said at a meeting held in Hanoi yesterday.

Quang Nam Province Ravaged by PRRS
VIET NAM - The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Nam has officially declared the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease in the province and banned all transport, trade, slaughter and the...

Capital Clamps Down on Slaughterhouses
VIET NAM - Hanoi has tightened controls on slaughtering of poultry, pigs and cattle in the run-up to Tet.

Standards Set for Animal Feeds
VIET NAM - Animal feed can contain a maximum of 2.5mg of melamine per kg under a decision issued last Friday by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Ministry Affirms Move to Intensify Production
VIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture is encouraging a move from backyard to intensive livestock and poultry production to increase output.