The high-tech pig farming model in the buildings is in line with the State's policy on promoting research, application and transfer of science and technology.

As pork consumption is expected to rise in the short term, many big companies are injecting trillions of dong into pig farming, with a market value estimated at up to 15 billion USD.

A 100-ha hi-tech agricultural zone is to be built in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai that will engage in developing breeding pig supply and the production of organic cattle feed and fertiliser, a conference held by the province on June 24 heard.

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.

Vietnam imported more than 46,402 tonnes of pork and related products as of April 13, rocketing over 300 percent from the same period last year, according to the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Thadi, the agricultural arm of automotive manufacturer Thaco Group, will shake hands with pangasius exporter Hung Vuong JSC (HVG) to raise pigs following the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)’s standards.

The African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in North Sumatra, Indonesia, in the past few months has worsened, spreading to 18 regencies and cities across the province.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to halt the import of pork and pork products from Hungary and Poland to prevent the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus from entry into Vietnam.

A strategic cooperation deal was signed between Vietnam’s Tan Long Group and six Danish companies in Hanoi on September 5 to apply Denmark’s advanced technologies in local rice and pig production projects.

Pig overproduction was a hot topic that many National Assembly (NA) deputies asked Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong about on June 13 morning.

The southern province of Dong Nai estimated local agro-forestry-fishery production value at 17.17 trillion VND (over 756.8 million USD) in the first half of 2017, up 2.48 percent year on year.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has called on food processors to increase their purchase of pigs to help farmers reduce inventories and stop the downward price spiral.