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.

Veterinarians say higher pay, more staff are keys for safety
HA NOI - Veterinarians agree that improved grassroots capacity and higher pay are the key to the prevention of disease in Viet Nam’s livestock and poultry.

Risk of pig disease outbreaks high in Vietnam
HANOI - Risk of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) outbreaks among pigs is still high in Vietnam although the disease has cooled down in the country, reports local newspaper Pioneer.

High prices spur pig smuggling from Vietnam to China
VIET NAM - A pork shortage and record pork prices in China have led to an increase in the number of pigs smuggled into the country from Vietnam, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

Province declares itself pig disease-free, resumes pork trade
VIET NAM - Authorities in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam said Thursday with no new blue ear disease outbreaks among pigs in the last 21 days, pork transport and trade had resumed.

Epidemic causes pork price to skyrocket
VIET NAM - The pork price in HCMC is skyrocketing as widespread pig diseases in the past eight months have causes the herd to contract and the supply to dwindle, saud an an official from the city's Department of Trade.

Pig disease hits two more Vietnamese provinces
VIET NAM - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), commonly known as blue-ear disease, has recently stricken a number of pigs in Vietnam's southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province and central Binh Dinh province.

Better farm practices can control pig diseases
VIETNAM - Vietnamese pig stocks are being hit by several swine diseases, but the outbreaks can be controlled through better farm practices, says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Uncertified pork sold in street markets
VIET NAM - The Thu Duc Animal Controlling Station recently began co-operating with mobile police to seize hundreds of kilos of uncertified pork and pigs from Dong Nai Province.

Will drastic measures curb price increases?
VIET NAM - The move by the government to reduce import tax rates on a lot of key products is not likely to curb inflation.

Foot-and-mouth disease reaches Mekong Delta, Viet Nam
VIET NAM - Foot-and-mouth disease has spread to Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta, the central animal health department cautioned Wednesday.

Drastic tax measures applied to stop ‘price storm’
VIET NAM – The government has decided to cut import taxes on a lot of key products by up to 50 per cent and apply a lot of drastic measures in an effort to stop the price increase wave.

Vietnam scrambles to combat pig epidemic
VIET NAM - The Vietnamese government has provided four central provinces VND25 billion (US$1.55 million) to combat the blue ear disease that has infected thousands of pigs and seems likely to spread south.

Blue ear outbreak prompts crisis meeting
VIET NAM - The Ho Chi Minh City Steering Board for Disease Control convened an urgent meeting yesterday to discuss ways of combating the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Virus, commonly known as blue ear, which is ravaging through...

Province refuses to take districts off pig disease list
VIET NAM - Quang Nam province in central Vietnam, which has been worst hit by the porcine blue ear disease (PRRS), has refused to declare some districts disease-free because one more locality has reported an outbreak.

PRRS puts Vietnamese off pork
VIET NAM - Pork sales have plunged in Ho Chi Minh City markets, but shot up in supermarkets amid fears of infected meat from blue ear disease that has been raging among pigs in five provinces.

Bird flu and pig disease are 'cooling down'
VIET NAM - Vietnam’s Animal Health Department has reported that recent outbreaks of both bird flu and the porcine blue ear disease arefading.