The Institute for Africa and Middle East Studies (IAMES) and the Vietnam - Africa Economic Cooperation Alliance (VAECA) have signed a cooperation agreement on livestock farming development in Nigeria at a webinar with the Nigeria - Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NVCCI) and Nigeria's EkitiKete Livestock Development Co., Ltd.
More than 120 artworks and photos on livestock husbandry are on display at an exhibition held in both online and in-person forms by the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and Li-chan Project.
Vietnam plans to produce and commercialise a vaccine against African swine fever in the third quarter of 2021, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien during a press conference in Hanoi on January 14.
Vietnam has imported 250 pigs from Thailand to breed and is encouraging businesses to import more to help restock herds across the country after the impacts of the African swine fever outbreak.
African swine fever has not only caused livestock farming households to fall into debt, but has also made it difficult for animal feed dealers to collect their payments.
More and more livestock farming companies are adopting VietGap and Global Gap standards to improve their efficiency as well as ensure food safety, according to global quality certification agency Bureau Veritas.
Next year, Vietnam expects to produce and provide a sufficient supply of vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease, an infectious and sometime fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle and pigs, as heard at a conference in Hanoi on December 18.
Australia has suspended the export of cattle to Vietnam as a Vietnamese company violated the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System, affecting local livestock farming and the prestige of Vietnam.
Dozens of communes across Hanoi designated to develop livestock farming over the last five years have proved to be a stepping stone to the growth of the capital city’s animal husbandry.
President Truong Tan Sang has asked Lang Son province to press ahead with building new-style rural areas and consider this as an important solution to poverty in disadvantaged regions.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged Northwestern provinces to pay more heed to animal husbandry through specific development projects as the region boasts huge potential for this sector.
Authorities and experts came together in Hanoi on July 9 to discussed
how to improve the quality and efficiency of livestock production in the
second half of 2015.
The central province of Nghe An has requested shaping up local
livestock husbandry as local farmers tend to increase herds of buffalos
and cows while tapering off pig raising.
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