Pig Industry News: Viet Nam
Monday, August 24, 2009
New Opportunity for US Feed in Viet NamUS - Transportation is a key factor when it comes to US agricultural exports and now Vietnam has been afforded expanded access through a new shipping line. ...
Monday, August 03, 2009
Creek Gets Double Dose of Pig WasteVIET NAM - Inspectors discovered a second pig breeding farm Friday responsible for polluting Ben Van Creek in Binh Duong Province....
Thursday, July 30, 2009
New Move to Boost Food SafetyVIET NAM - Officials have proposed that vans are supplied to Hanoi's meat traders in order to improve food safety....
Monday, July 27, 2009
Pig Farm Waste Overflows into Southern RiverVIET NAM - As a result of heavy rains last week, waste water from a pig breeding farm has polluted Thi Tinh River....
Friday, April 24, 2009
Swine Producers Increase Overall CapacityVIET NAM - The US Grains Council has been working in the Vietnamese swine industry in order to expand the use of US feed grains and their co-products. ...
Monday, April 06, 2009
Tariff Rises Have Helped Cut ImportsVIET NAM - Tariff hikes have helped to reduce imports of meat and poultry products. ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Pig Hijackers Caught in PRRS Quarantine ZoneVIET NAM - The authorities have thwarted a pig hijacking an area hit by blue ear disease. ...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Livestock Diseases Continue to Plague FarmersVIET NAM - Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday asked Quang Nam authorities to prioritise prevention of blue-ear disease (or PRRS) among pigs....
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Poultry and Livestock Diseases Continue SpreadingVIET NAM - Diseases affecting Viet Nam’s fowl and cattle are continuing to spread throughout the country, the Department of Animal Health said at a meeting held in Hanoi yesterday....
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Quang Nam Province Ravaged by PRRSVIET NAM - The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Nam has officially declared the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease in the province and banned all transport, trade, slaughter and the...
Monday, March 02, 2009
PRRS Hits Three Vietnamese ProvincesVIET NAM - A blue-ear epidemic in pigs is developing in three Vietnamese provinces, resulting in nearly a thousand of pigs being infected with the blue-ear virus, said the Department of Animal Health under...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Blue Ear and FMD Reported in Viet NamVIET NAM - Blue ear and foot and mouth diseases occurs in Quang Ninh province....
Friday, February 20, 2009
Trichinellosis Outbreak in Viet NamVIET NAM - The veterinary authorities have sent an Immediate Notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new outbreak of trichinellosis in pigs. ...
Monday, January 05, 2009
Capital Clamps Down on SlaughterhousesVIET NAM - Hanoi has tightened controls on slaughtering of poultry, pigs and cattle in the run-up to Tet....
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Best Product Innovation Award for OlmixVIET NAM - The 3rd Vietstock show held in Hanoi on 25-27 November had more than 100 exhibitors and was visited by several thousand trade professionals and integrators representing farmers, meat processors,...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Standards Set for Animal FeedsVIET NAM - Animal feed can contain a maximum of 2.5mg of melamine per kg under a decision issued last Friday by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)....
Monday, November 17, 2008
Ministry Affirms Move to Intensify ProductionVIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture is encouraging a move from backyard to intensive livestock and poultry production to increase output. ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Swine and Chicken PredicamentVIET NAM - High input costs, rampant diseases and fallen meat prices jeopardize the livelihoods of local pig and chicken farmers in the Mekong Delta. ...
Monday, October 20, 2008
Imported Meat Price StuckVIET NAM – Following the raising the taxes on imported meat, prices still have not changed....
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Meat Import Taxes RaisedVIET NAM - Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha has increased import taxes on fresh and frozen pork from 25 per cent to 27 per cent, and from 10 to 13 per cent for pork by-products. ...
Friday, October 03, 2008
Viet Nam Considers Raising Meat Import TaxesVIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has officially asked the Prime Minister to adjust the import taxes on livestock products and animal feed in order to protect the local...
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Farmers Struggle Against Low Meat Import TariffsVIET NAM - Imported meat products are flooding the market and local farmers are suffering....
Monday, September 22, 2008
Cheap Imports Put Farmers out of BusinessVIET NAM - Rapidly rising imports of frozen meat and other animal products have hit the domestic livestock industry hard....
Friday, September 19, 2008
MARD Proposes Higher Import TariffsVIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked the government to discourage the import of meat and animal products which can be made domestically....
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Vietnam Discourages ImportsVIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked the Vietnamese Government not to encourage imports of animal and poultry staples that can be produced at home such as eggs...
Monday, September 01, 2008
Breeders Encumbered by Epidemics and DisastersVIET NAM - Epidemics, natural disasters and increasing prices of feed have hindered the animal breeding sector’s growth rate this year, which failed to reach the target of 8-10 per cent set by the Ministry...
Monday, August 11, 2008
Meat Imports a PossibilityVIET NAM - It may be necessary to import pork, beef and poultry at the end of this year if the animal production and feed industries fail to solve their current problems. ...
Monday, August 04, 2008
Vietnamese Feed Companies in TroubleVIET NAM - Up to 40 feed companies have ceased trading so far this year as they struggle with imports and unfavorable exchange rates. ...
Friday, August 01, 2008
Culled Animal Households Can Defer Debt PaymentsVIET NAM – Any animal breeding households whose poultry and cattle are culled due to the diseases are allowed to defer their payment of debts, declared the Governor of the State Bank in a recent official...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Another Vietnamese Province Struck by PRRSVIET NAM - "Blue ear" disease, or Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), has struck Vietnam's southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province, raising the total number of affected localities in the country...
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