Diseased pork sold as healthy roasted pigs in Ho Chi Minh City
VIETNAM - Diseased pigs are roasted, covered in artificial coloring and strongly scented to mask their spots and rots, and then put on sale as nutritious pork in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese Pig Herd To Be Developed
VIETNAM - Viet Nam will soon breed pigs on a much larger scale than before, Husbandry Department Deputy Director Nguyen Thanh Son said at a conference in Ha Noi.

Researchers find economical way of producing water purifing material
VIETNAM - Revolutionary technology in the production of zeolit, a filtration material useful in areas including seafood breeding and environment protection, invented by a team led by Dr Ta Ngoc Don allows for nationwide use.

Central Vietnam plagued by foot-and-mouth disease
VIETNAM - Vietnam’s Quang Nam province is in the grip of a foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, with 52 outbreak zones discovered in 12 districts so far, the provincial veterinary department said Tuesday.

Foot-and-mouth disease: Cook meat properly
VIETNAM - A conference Saturday in Vietnam cautioned against consumption of cattle and pig meat as nearly half of Vietnam is ravaged by foot-and-mouth disease, an animal disease transmissible to humans in rare cases.

Foot-and-mouth disease spreads to 28 provinces
VIETNAM - Around 10,000 cows and buffaloes and 13,000 pigs in 89 districts of 28 provinces and cities have died or have been culled.

Alarming spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Vietnam
VIETNAM - Foot-and-mouth disease, which mainly affects pigs and cattle, is raging across Vietnam, hitting 24 new provinces and cities in the last two days, the animal health department reported Thursday.

Illegal Imports Cause Foot-and-Mouth Epidemic in Vietnam
VIETNAM - Foot-and-mouth disease is raging in Vietnam due to the increasing illegal import of cattle into the country, said a conference in central Khanh Hoa province Tuesday.

Foot-and-mouth disease hits more pigs in central Vietnam
VIETNAM - Almost 4,000 pigs and buffaloes have contracted foot-and-mouth disease in Vietnam’s central highlands province, of which 1,500 have died.

Expanded animal husbandry sector key to growth in Vietnam
VIETNAM - Director of the Animal Breeding Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyen Dang Vang, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about this year’s goals, reports Viet Nam News.

Pigs, Bulls in Vietnam Contract Foot-and-mouth Disease
VIET NAM - Over 1,000 pigs and bulls in Vietnam's central highlands Lam Dong province have been infected with foot-and-mouth disease in recent days, local newspaper Labor reported Monday.

Large-scale animal breeding encouraged in 2006
VIETNAM - Viet Nam plans to industrialise or at least semi-industrialise animal husbandry, including the slaughtering and food processing sectors, in 2006. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said it expected that the plan...