Disease free cattle zones boost agricultural exports
Being the country’s top performer in veterinary services, Ho Chi Minh City is vying for the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) certificates of disease-free cattle and poultry zones.
Nhập mô tả cho ảnhHCM City (VNA) – Being the country’s top performer in veterinary services, Ho Chi Minh City is vying for the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)’s certificates of disease-free cattle and poultry zones, which helps promote the city’s agricultural exports.
The information was heard at a conference held in the southern hub on June 1.
According to Huynh Tan Phat, deputy head of the city’s Department of Animal Health, 64 breeding farms in the city were recognised as non-pandemic zones during 2011-2015 period.
The department is setting up two koi herpes virus-free ornamental fish breeding zones that meet the OIE’s requirements, aiming to enhance ornamental fish shipments to the European market.
The city has also set the target of having one breeding zone in Cu Chi district which is free of foot-and-mouth disease by 2018 and then duplicate the model in Binh Chanh and Hoc Mon districts by post 2020. In addition, VietGap certification will be branched out to breeding communes in Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts.
By the end of May, 2016, businesses in Ho Chi Minh City had shipped 792 tonnes of eggs, 34 tonnes of quail eggs and 16 tonnes of salted duck eggs to such fastidious markets as Australia, Japan and the United Arab Emirates.-VNA
You should also see
InfographicQuang An listed among the coolest streets in the world
Quang An Street in Tay Ho district, Hanoi, has been listed among the 30 coolest streets in the world by the British travel magazine Time Out.
See more
Business
Vietnam among top domestic infrastructure investors: Ambassador
Vietnam is one of the leading countries in Asia in terms of investment for infrastructure development, allocating 5.7% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to projects in this field, said Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN).
Business
Vietjet adds more flights to Dien Bien
To meet the rising demands to visit Dien Bien of people and tourists during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory, Vietjet increased the frequencies of flights between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the northwestern province to 28 per week.
Videos
Agro-forestry-fisheries products nearly double in Q1
Total export revenue from agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first three months of this year is estimated at over 13.5 billion USD, up nearly 22% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Business
Beautycare Expo 2024 opens in Hanoi
The Beautycare Expo 2024 kicked off Hanoi on April 18, featuring over 250 booths from more than 15 countries and territories.
Business
Standard Chartered, US promote clean energy investments in Vietnam
Standard Chartered and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on green financing in Vietnam and to promote the deployment of advanced clean energy in Vietnam.
