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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...
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Farm Animal Disease WarningsVIET NAM - Several outbreaks of PRRS, Foot and Mouth disease and avian flu have occurred over the last two weeks.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Three New Viet Nam Provinces Struck by PRRSVIET NAM - Three new regions have been hit by PRRS, the total number of affected areas now being ten.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
PRRS Control and Prevention Regulations IssuedVIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture has issued regulations on the control and prevention of PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome).
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Vietnam Struck Yet Again by PRRSHANOI - PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome), a.k.a. "blue ear" disease, has recently struck Vietnam's northern Quang Ninh province, raising the total number of affected localities in...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Domesticated Storks Kill Flies in VietnamVIETNAM - Animal farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tien Giang are taking an environmentally-friendly approach to eradicating flies. They are raising storks.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Vietnam Close to Becoming Free of PRRSVIET NAM - According to the Veterinary Department under MARD (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the control of PRRS (or blue-ear disease) in many Vietnamese provinces has been a success.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Vietnam Strives to Produce Clean PorkVIET NAM - Vietnam is launching a pilot project to produce clean pork by the end of 2008, in collaboration with some of the country's major livestock farms.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Vietnam: Another Case of PRRSHANOI - PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome), otherwise known as "Blue Ear" disease, has hit another Vietnamese province, Bac Lieu province in the south, since the beginning of this month....
Monday, June 09, 2008
MARD to Launch Clean Pork Production Pilot PlanVIET NAM - The Livestock Breeding Department of the MARD (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has announced plans to launch a pilot project on the production of clean pork by the end of 2008...
Thursday, June 05, 2008
More Fundings for Blue Ear Epidemic EradicationVIET NAM - The VEPF (Vietnam Environmental Protection Fund) plans to spend 340 million VND to help clean up the environment in provinces struck by blue ear epidemic.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Vietnam Pigs Affected by PRRSVIETNAM - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), known as "blue ear" disease, has hit 270,000 pigs in Vietnam, or one percent of the country's pig population, since late March, local newspaper...
Friday, May 09, 2008
PRRS: South Vietnam Takes PrecautionVIET NAM - Vietnam's southern regions are now taking precaution, seeing as to how PRRS has already broken out in 10 northern and central provinces. This was decided on Tuesday, at a meeting in HCM Cit...
Monday, May 05, 2008
PRRS: Vietnam Sees Signs of EncouragementVIET NAM - According to Thanhnien News, there have been no new sightings of blue ear disease in the last three days, which is a positive sign, particularly for Thanh Hoa, one of the more hard-hit areas...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Cholera Adds to PRRS WoesVIET NAM - Animals at the porcine research center attached to the National Institute of Animal Husbandry in Hanoi have been infected by the hog cholera virus, an official said Tuesday.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
PRRS Vaccines ImportedVIET NAM - Vietnam has imported 100,000 doses of PRRS vaccine from China in a bid to try and combat the surging disease. 10 Vietnamese northern and central provinces.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Blue Ear Restrictions on ExportsVIET NAM - Concern over the possible spread of blue ear disease has prompted the Vietnamese agriculture ministry limit pig exports to China.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
PRRS spreads to one more Vietnamese localityVIET 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.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Government Money to Help Tackle Blue EarVIET 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...
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