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.

Retail pork prices soar VND10,000 per kilo
VIET NAM - Big enterprises like Sai Gon Agriculture Incorporated (S.A.I) and Ho Chi Minh City’s leading meat processor Vissan began raising retail prices of pork by approximately VND10,000 (US$0.6) per kilogram Saturday.

Farmers struggle with price hikes
VIET NAM - According to Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Economic Affairs Le Quoc Dung, the GDP growth in agriculture reached 2.6 percent. Meanwhile, the consumer price index (CPI) in October rose by 0.74 percent from the September...

Pig disease hits Hanoi
VIET NAM - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) outbreaks among pigs have recently been reported in capital Hanoi, raising the total number of localities hit by the disease in Vietnam to four so far, according to a local veterinary agency...

Vietnam’s October inflation rate hits three-year high
VIET NAM - In October the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 9.34 percent from last year, the biggest annual growth in nearly three years.

Viet Nam meat must meet Japan specs
VIET NAM - Viet Nam can export processed meat to Japan provided it satisfies the country’s new draft regulations, reports the Viet Nam Trade Office, Tokyo.

PM calls to curb spread of blue-ear disease
VIET NAM - Vietnam's prime minister has ordered animal authorities to control the spread of the blue-ear pig disease (PRRS), saying livestock producers aren't aware of the threat posed by the virus.

Market prices remain unforeseeable in coming months
VIETNAM - It will be very difficult to predict market prices in the remaining months of this year, as there are many factors, that are beyond state control, said Deputy Prime Minister of Industry, and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu to reporters recently.

Pigs Killed By Highly Toxic Virus: FAO
VIETNAM – Blue ear virus in Vietnam is extremely toxic and this means that ill pigs will suffer higher temperatures, with higher fatality rates and the disease may spread more quickly, according to experts of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation...

Pig disease hits one more Vietnamese province
VIET NAM - A Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) outbreak among pigs has recently occurred in Vietnam's northern Lang Son province, raising the total affected localities nationwide to three, according to a local animal health agency on...

Pig disease hits Vietnam
VIET NAM - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) outbreaks among pigs have occurred in Vietnam's central Khanh Hoa province and southern Ca Mau province since early this month, according to a local animal health agency on Wednesday.