The average Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the first half of 2019 increased 2.64 percent year-on-year, the lowest level over the last three years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Official agencies and distributors in Ho Chi Minh City have dispatched their quality management teams to major slaughtering facilities and wholesale markets to ensure that 100 percent of pork coming to the market is of good quality and without diseases, especially African swine flu (ASF).
Pork supply remains adequate at the moment; however African swine fever outbreaks might cause supply difficulties during the year-end period and lunar New Year holiday.
The Thai government has decided to spend 148 million baht (4.7 million USD) on precautionary measures to protect domestic pork business, though there has been no sign of the disease in the country.
Vietnam is expected to import more pork in the coming months to make up for domestic shortages as African swine fever continues to spread, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The Government will consider incentives to encourage firms to buy clean pork for freezing and storage amid the spread of the African swine fever disease, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said at the Government’s regular press conference on May 31.
African swine fever has been reported in two new provinces - the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and the southern province of Ca Mau, raising the total number of localities affected by the virus to 46.
Among Vietnam’s delicate specialties, “bánh cuốn” ranks top thanks to its softness and great flavours from cinnamon pork sausage, dried onion and minced meat.
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) of Thailand and its subsidiaries have reported that their consolidated first-quarter net profit skyrocketed by 40 percent year on year to 4.279 billion baht (nearly 134 million USD) thanks to their pork business activities in Vietnam.
Bánh tẻ (a kind of rice cake filled with pork and other ingredients) is a very familiar dish for every Vietnamese. Anyone who has enjoyed rice cake will never forget its taste.
Authorities in the southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City have been taking drastic measures in response to African swine fever after outbreaks were reported in the neighbouring province of Dong Nai.
The retail sales and service revenue in Ho Chi Minh City reached more than 94.91 trillion VND (4.07 billion USD) in April, up 2.3 percent from the previous month.
The People’s Committee of Nho Quan district of northern Ninh Binh province on May 3 announced that it has been free of African swine fever (ASF), becoming the second district of Ninh Binh to get rid of the virus.
The pig industry plays an important role in the Asia Pacific, but, like other sectors, is facing challenges such as price volatility, food safety concerns and recently reported outbreaks of African swine fever. Therefore, solutions are needed to promote smallholder pig production in a sustainable way, experts said.
African Swine Fever (ASF) has spread among 20 provinces and cities in Vietnam with nearly 25,000 pigs culled in an attempt to stop the disease from reaching the southern farms that produce the industry’s largest amount of pork.
Provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta have tightened control over the transport of livestock and stepped up prevention efforts against the growing epidemic of African swine fever among pigs.
Authorities of the northern province of Ha Nam are intensifying efforts to contain and stamp out the outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF), as another case was announced on March 8.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is keeping a close watch of the pork market and will promptly take measures to ensure supply amidst concerns about possible shortage due to outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in northern localities.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade and the Regulatory Delivery International Directorate under the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on support for building a market specialised in pork trading in the city on March 7.
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