Swine Producers Increase Overall Capacity
VIET NAM - The US Grains Council has been working in the Vietnamese swine industry in order to expand the use of US feed grains and their co-products.

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

Pig Hijackers Caught in PRRS Quarantine Zone
VIET NAM - The authorities have thwarted a pig hijacking an area hit by blue ear disease.

Livestock Diseases Continue to Plague Farmers
VIET NAM - Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday asked Quang Nam authorities to prioritise prevention of blue-ear disease (or PRRS) among pigs.

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 consumption...

PRRS Hits Three Vietnamese Provinces
VIET NAM - A blue-ear epidemic in pigs is developing in three Vietnamese provinces, resulting in nearly a thousand of pigs being infected with the blue-ear virus, said the Department of Animal Health under...

Blue Ear and FMD Reported in Viet Nam
VIET NAM - Blue ear and foot and mouth diseases occurs in Quang Ninh province.

Trichinellosis Outbreak in Viet Nam
VIET NAM - The veterinary authorities have sent an Immediate Notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new outbreak of trichinellosis in pigs.

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

Best Product Innovation Award for Olmix
VIET NAM - The 3rd Vietstock show held in Hanoi on 25-27 November had more than 100 exhibitors and was visited by several thousand trade professionals and integrators representing farmers, meat processors,...

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.

Swine and Chicken Predicament
VIET NAM - High input costs, rampant diseases and fallen meat prices jeopardize the livelihoods of local pig and chicken farmers in the Mekong Delta.

Imported Meat Price Stuck
VIET NAM – Following the raising the taxes on imported meat, prices still have not changed.

Meat Import Taxes Raised
VIET NAM - Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha has increased import taxes on fresh and frozen pork from 25 per cent to 27 per cent, and from 10 to 13 per cent for pork by-products.

Viet Nam Considers Raising Meat Import Taxes
VIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has officially asked the Prime Minister to adjust the import taxes on livestock products and animal feed in order to protect the local...

Farmers Struggle Against Low Meat Import Tariffs
VIET NAM - Imported meat products are flooding the market and local farmers are suffering.

Cheap Imports Put Farmers out of Business
VIET NAM - Rapidly rising imports of frozen meat and other animal products have hit the domestic livestock industry hard.

MARD Proposes Higher Import Tariffs
VIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked the government to discourage the import of meat and animal products which can be made domestically.

Vietnam Discourages Imports
VIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked the Vietnamese Government not to encourage imports of animal and poultry staples that can be produced at home such as eggs...

Breeders Encumbered by Epidemics and Disasters
VIET NAM - Epidemics, natural disasters and increasing prices of feed have hindered the animal breeding sector’s growth rate this year, which failed to reach the target of 8-10 per cent set by the Ministry...

Meat Imports a Possibility
VIET NAM - It may be necessary to import pork, beef and poultry at the end of this year if the animal production and feed industries fail to solve their current problems.

Vietnamese Feed Companies in Trouble
VIET NAM - Up to 40 feed companies have ceased trading so far this year as they struggle with imports and unfavorable exchange rates.

Culled Animal Households Can Defer Debt Payments
VIET NAM – Any animal breeding households whose poultry and cattle are culled due to the diseases are allowed to defer their payment of debts, declared the Governor of the State Bank in a recent official...