Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Dang Ngoc Diep said the sector achieved encouraging results thanks to close monitoring of market developments, proactive production management and timely measures to remove institutional and policy bottlenecks.
Vietnam saw a year-on-year increase of 4.8% in livestock product export turnover to 113 million USD in the first quarter, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Vietnam expects its agricultural export value to China to increase sharply this year, as China agreed to review regulations permitting official exports of poultry meat from Vietnam to this market.
The 8th International Livestock, Dairy, Meat Processing and Aquaculture Exposition opened on August 3 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam’s livestock industry hopes to increase its average production growth rate in 2021 by 5-6 percent, according to the Department of Livestock Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Department of Livestock Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will make intensive efforts to boost exports of animal products this year.
The capital city of Hanoi is leading the country in terms of rural development and is setting an example for the nation with 294 out of 386 communes meeting or exceeding the Government’s new rural development standards.
By February 2018, nearly 52,000 small, 23 medium and two large biogas plants had been built across Vietnam to help reduce rural waste from livestock production under an 84-million-USD agricultural project.
A meeting was held in Hanoi on August 2 to launch Vietnam’s national action plan for the reduction of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in livestock production and aquaculture in the 2017-2020 period.
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture expressed interest in opening official channels for Vietnamese pork to enter China’s market, said Nguyen Xuan Duong, Dep Head of the Department of Live on May 26.
