The US Embassy, the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council in Vietnam, and the BRGMart supermarket chain jubilantly celebrate the commencement of “U.S. Chicken Festival 2023”.
Vietnam imported more than 60,800 tonnes of meat and meat products worth 124.85 million USD in July, a year-on-year fall of 1.1% and 11.2%, respectively, according to the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The animal health sector has been strengthening animal and animal product quarantine and inspection to early detect avian influenza outbreaks and prevent the spread of the disease.
More than 120 students specialising in Restaurant Management and Eatering Service, Home Economics, and students from other majors of the Ho Chi Minh City-based University of Technology and Education have excitedly competed to cook delicious dishes from US chicken.
Vietnam is one of the countries with the largest total poultry population in the world, with up to 551.4 million heads being raised across the country in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year rise of 2.4%.
The USAPEEC Tailored Seminar and Cooking Contest – Culinary Discovery with US Chicken has taken place at the Ho Chi Minh City-based University of Technology and Education.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on May 4 asked ministries and localities to strengthen the control, prevention, detection, and handling of the smuggle of poultry and poultry products into Vietnam.
Poultry meat export has shown signs of bouncing back since the beginning of 2023, according to the Department of Livestock Husbandry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vietnam has so far earned 361 million USD from exporting poultry meat and eggs to 26 countries worldwide, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported.
The northern province of Bac Giang is stepping up the development of its key products and production areas towards the realisation of a series of targets set for 2030.
Vietnam should enhance cooperation between State management agencies and commodity associations to jointly build a value chain for Vietnam's livestock industry.
China was Vietnam’s largest meat buyer, among its 14 foreign markets, in October, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.
The northern province of Bac Giang will restructure its animal husbandry to raise values of local products, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Ba Thanh has said.
A high-tech poultry incubation factory was inaugurated in the southern province of Tay Ninh on April 17 by Bel Ga Joint Stock Company which is strongly supported by two family-owned European companies: Belgabroed and De Heus Group.
Apart from maintaining the domestic market, Vietnamese poultry businesses are seeking ways to expand their reach to foreign markets like Myanmar, Japan, Hong Kong and Russia, heard a recent meeting of the Vietnam Poultry Association (VIPA).
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam have issued a press release urging the Vietnamese Government and the public to keep vigilance on the H5N8 human infection upon the detection of seven farm workers infected with the influenza A (H5N8) in a chicken farm in Russia, the Ministry of Health said on March 3.
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.
Master Poultry Group Pty Ltd (MPG) - a Vietnamese-owned business in Australia, is very active in charity activities, especially its support to the Vietnamese community and local people amid difficulties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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