Vietnam Close to Becoming Free of PRRS
VIET NAM - According to the Veterinary Department under MARD (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the control of PRRS (or blue-ear disease) in many Vietnamese provinces has been a success.

Vietnam Strives to Produce Clean Pork
VIET NAM - Vietnam is launching a pilot project to produce clean pork by the end of 2008, in collaboration with some of the country's major livestock farms.

Vietnam: Another Case of PRRS
HANOI - PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome), otherwise known as "Blue Ear" disease, has hit another Vietnamese province, Bac Lieu province in the south, since the beginning of this month. This has led to the culling of 170 pigs.

MARD to Launch Clean Pork Production Pilot Plan
VIET NAM - The Livestock Breeding Department of the MARD (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has announced plans to launch a pilot project on the production of clean pork by the end of 2008 in collaboration with some large-scale livestock...

More Fundings for Blue Ear Epidemic Eradication
VIET NAM - The VEPF (Vietnam Environmental Protection Fund) plans to spend 340 million VND to help clean up the environment in provinces struck by blue ear epidemic.

Vietnam Pigs Affected by PRRS
VIETNAM - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), known as "blue ear" disease, has hit 270,000 pigs in Vietnam, or one percent of the country's pig population, since late March, local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reported Tuesday.

PRRS: South Vietnam Takes Precaution
VIET NAM - Vietnam's southern regions are now taking precaution, seeing as to how PRRS has already broken out in 10 northern and central provinces. This was decided on Tuesday, at a meeting in HCM City.

PRRS: Vietnam Sees Signs of Encouragement
VIET NAM - According to Thanhnien News, there have been no new sightings of blue ear disease in the last three days, which is a positive sign, particularly for Thanh Hoa, one of the more hard-hit areas in Viet Nam.

Cholera Adds to PRRS Woes
VIET NAM - Animals at the porcine research center attached to the National Institute of Animal Husbandry in Hanoi have been infected by the hog cholera virus, an official said Tuesday.

PRRS Vaccines Imported
VIET NAM - Vietnam has imported 100,000 doses of PRRS vaccine from China in a bid to try and combat the surging disease. 10 Vietnamese northern and central provinces.

Blue Ear Restrictions on Exports
VIET NAM - Concern over the possible spread of blue ear disease has prompted the Vietnamese agriculture ministry limit pig exports to China.

PRRS spreads to one more Vietnamese locality
VIET NAM - Local reports say that Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), has hit another of Vietnam's central provinces. It brings the total number of affected localities to six.

Government Money to Help Tackle Blue Ear
VIET NAM - The Vietnamese Government has allocated 120 billion VND to help provinces affected by blue ear disease (PRRS). It hopes the funds will help producers and vets control the disease and prevent an epidemic.

Some 82,000 pigs in Vietnam Infected with Blue Ear
VIET NAM - Almost 82,000 pigs in Vietnam's central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh and northern Thanh Hoa are infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), says local vet agencies.

PRRS Now Effecting Four Provinces
VIET NAM - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has now struck in a forth province. It has been reported the the country's central Nghe An province - and is raising further concerns about the level of controls being put in place to halt...

Ministry Urges Disease Containment as PRRS Suspected in Another Province
VIET NAM - The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked localities to prevent the spread of the blue-ear pig disease. The infection has recurred in two provinces since January.

Pig disease reoccurs in Vietnam
CHINA - Central Ha Tinh province has become the first Vietnamese locality being affected by Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) over the past four months after the disease has recently hit 2,500 pigs in the province.

Black Market Theives for Tainted Meat
VIET NAM – The Reports in Viet Nam say that low quality meat, preserved by toxic chemicals, is slipping through the border province of Lang Son from China.

PRRS Outbreak in South Viet Nam
VIET NAM - A Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) outbreak has been reported in Vietnam's southern Bac Lieu province.

Stink Over Vietnamese Food Exports
VIET NAM - Vietnam's accession earlier this year to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was widely expected to open new and lucrative market opportunities to the country's many ambitious exporters.