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.

Strep Suis Spreading In Humans, Says Health Institute
VIET NAM - At least four more Vietnamese people have caught a rare porcine disease that has infected 26 people in the country this year, reports the Vietnam Institute of Tropical and Contagious Diseases.

$5mil project revives infertile agricultural land
VIET NAM - A US$5mil project has revitalised lands once unsuitable for living and farming and has given hope and purpose to the residents of 11 poor Vietnamese coastal communities.

Pig Disease Kills Two Vietnamese
VIETNAM - Two men in Vietnam have died and 42 others fell ill after catching a bacterial infection from diseased pigs, an official said Monday.

Pig breeders in central provinces ignoring ban
VIET NAM - Though Quang Nam province has banned the slaughter and sale of pigs, pig sellers can still be seen transporting pigs infected with green-ear virus to markets in and out of the province.

Farming sector needs modernisation
VIET NAM - Vietnam needs to modernise its farming systems to remain competitive and become self-reliant in the increasingly integrated and global trading market for food and agricultural commodities.

Pig epidemic grips central Vietnam, locals can’t win on their own
VIET NAM - The pigs have reportedly perished due to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), also known as blue ear disease, which broke out in Quang Nam province early this month.

Spending billions of dollars to carry coal to Newcastle
VIET NAM - Though an agricultural country, each year Vietnam spends billions of US dollars to import materials to process animal feed. Since early June 2007, animal feed producing companies have been increasing the prices of animal feed by several thousands...

HCM City farmers beef up pork quality
VIET NAM - A group of farmers have chosen to work together to improve the way they farm pigs.

Foot-And-Mouth Disease Hits N Vietnam
VIETNAM - Vietnam's northern provinces of Thai Nguyen and Quang Ninh have been struck down with foot-and-mouth disease, according to a local veterinary agency.

Canada pork promotion agency sounds out Vietnam
VIET NAM - A delegation from export promoter Canada Pork International (CPI) is on a fact-finding visit to Vietnam to explore business opportunities.

Four Provinces With PRRS-Infected Pigs
VietNam - The Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has attacked pigs in four northern provinces of Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Thai Binh, said an official of the Veterinary Department.

Vietnam battles infection in pigs
VIET NAM - The Vietnamese agriculture minister urged animal health and related agencies to bolster preparations against the blue ear disease which has infected around 30,000 pigs in the northern region.

Blue Ear Disease Attacks Pigs In Northern Vietnam
VIET NAM - Hundreds of pigs have died since last month in northern Vietnam of Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS).

Vietnam develops plan to streamline breeding farms
VIETNAM - is mapping out a master plan to govern practices on breeding farms, to be completed by 2008, in an effort to upgrade output and product quality, agricultural officials said at a meeting Tuesday.

Pint-sized I pigs face extinction as crossbreeds crowd the meat market
VIETNAM - Vietnamese I pigs have been rediscovered, but even financial incentives haven’t been enough to get farmers breeding the species. Minh Huong and Lam Quang Huy find out why farmers are choosing crossbreeds instead.

WTO challenges worry Vietnamese farmers
VIET NAM - Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) opens opportunities for many businesses to penetrate into larger export markets and for consumers to enjoy better goods with lower prices, local farmers, however, worry that joining...

Maverick farmer pioneers new pig-breeding method
VIET NAM - Phan Dinh The, residing in Ea Lam commune of Phu Yen’s Song Hinh district said he wanted to create a new breeder pig, and mated a black domestic sow with wild boars on a farm owned by a friend in Gia Lai mountainous province in 2005.

Pork tycoon boosts farming in Bien Hoa
VIETNAM - A heart attack forced Pham Van Khoat to choose a career free of physical labour, so he chose pig farming. Ta Quynh Hoa asks how he made it big.

Agriculture programme fights sector’s setbacks in HCM City
HO CHI MINH CITY - The Agricultural Economic Restructuring Programme has helped HCM City’s agricultural sector maintain growth despite the year’s difficulties.