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The value of imported chicken meat reached 237 million USD with about 178,000 tonnes last year.

Vietnam’s Premier International Feed, Livestock & Meat Industry Show (VietStock) Expo & Forum will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in downtown Ho Chi Minh City from October 12-14.

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.

The recent increase in price of animal feed has brought more difficulties for the livestock production of businesses and farmers.

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 animal husbandry industry has set an average growth target of 4 to 5 percent per year from 2020 to 2025, and 3-4 percent in 2026-2030.

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 Department of Livestock Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will focus on developing production chains in 2019.

The rate of ‘foreign’ honeybee species kept in Vietnam should be raised from 75 percent at present to 80 percent in 2020 in order to increase the quality and productivity of honey, heard a conference in Hanoi on August 17.

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.

Vietnam spent more than 1.96 billion USD on importing animal feed during the first six months of 2018, up 10.7 percent year-on-year.

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.

The newly-signed CP TPP is expected to create many opportunities and challenges for Vietnam’s agricultural sector, including the breeding industry.

The Department of Livestock Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set several targets for 2018, including a growth rate of 4 percent in production value.

Livestock farmers should join production links with cooperatives as well as processing and trading enterprises to sustain their livelihoods, experts said at a conference in Hanoi on December 12.

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.

A conference was held in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province on June 9 to seek ways to boost livestock production in the context of drought.

A pilot concentrated livestock production zone was inaugurated in Thong Nhat district, Dong Nai province on Dec. 28, the first of its kind to be funded by the World Bank in Vietnam.

Vietnam meets 40 percent of domestic demand for milk, deputy head of the Livestock Production Department Tong Xuan Chinh told a seminar in Hanoi on October 8.