Viet Nam Promotes Biological Safety In Poultry Raising
VIET NAM - "Ensuring biological safety in poultry raising" is the theme of a forum which was held by the National Centre for Agricultural Promotion (NCAP) in northern Hai Duong province on Aug. 7.

Deputy PM: Animal Diseases And Market Needs Attention
VIETNAM - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged government ministries and agencies to continue to ramp up efforts in the fight against livestock diseases, while still boosting production and stabilising market prices from now till year-end...

Vietnamese farming sector needs modernization
VIET NAM - In the context of globalization, in order to fight against the penetration of goods from other countries, besides the need for stricter regulations on food hygiene and safety to protect consumers’ health, exports of agricultural and marine...

Frozen chicken leaves consumers cold
HA NOI — Frozen chicken sales are at a standstill despite promotions from the Government and related sectors that have encouraged investment in hygienic poultry production ever since bird flu struck Viet Nam in 2004.

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...

Intensive efforts needed to prevent imported live chickens
VIETNAM - The northern border province of Lang Son which is home to many bordergates and thousands of ridged mountains and forest tracks is considered a gateway for bird flu to enter Vietnam. Despite joint efforts, the fight against the import of live...

Incubation Farms Need More Gov’t Support
VietNam - Duck egg incubation farms in the Mekong Delta need further support from all levels of government as only 10% of them are legally qualified to operate, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development says in a report.

Vietnam-Sourced Salted Eggs Contain Toxic Sudan
VIET NAM - The Agri-food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has discovered red sudan, which is prohibited from being used in food, in consignments of salted eggs imported from Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Commercial Affairs Division under...

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.

Cargill building animal feed factory in central Vietnam
VIET NAM - Cargill Inc. of the US is building a US$6 million plant to make animal feed in Vietnam’s central Binh Dinh Province.

Deputy PM calls on people to fight bird flu
VIET NAM - Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung asked for increased action to raise people's awareness and make them voluntarily join the fight against bird flu, which has become a permanent threat to both production and human health.

Minister requires intensified control over hatching of waterfowls
VIET NAM - Farmers can resume their poultry production as the ban on hatching waterfowls will be removed on March 1, announced the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat on February 27.

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...

Vietnam Poultry Markets Rebound, Anti-AHI Measures Set Worldwide Model
VIET NAM - Less than an hour west from Hanoi, Vietnam’s buzzing capital city, life takes on a far more traditional rural pace. High school students pedal home on their push-bikes, passing paddy fields where farmers are ankle deep in water, planting rice...

Eggs unmarketable due to news about dangerous dye
VIETNAM - The information about the discovery of Sudan colourant in eggs in Vietnam has made farmers suffer: Eggs cannot be sold as housewives are keeping away.