African Swine Fever

Made-in-Vietnam vaccine against African swine fever effective

09:07 | 18/01/2021 Headlines

A vaccine developed by a Vietnamese company to combat the African swine fever (ASF) has proved effective following clinical trials and is expected to be commercially marketed in the second quarter of 2021.

Coronavirus preventing enterprises from pork imports

08:55 | 15/02/2020 Import-Export

VCN - In addition to the influence of African swine fever (ASF) on the pork supply in many countries, the infections caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) also are greatly affecting commercial activities, including enterprises travelling abroad to find s

The Ministry of Finance proposes reducing import duty of chicken, pork and by-product

15:00 | 15/12/2019 Finance

The Ministry of Finance has issued a document to collect opinions of the ministries and sectors about the proposal of reducing import duty of some items like chicken and pork

Nearly 6 million pigs destroyed due to African swine fever

13:58 | 02/12/2019 Import-Export

VCN- A total of 13 enterprises agreed with the Ministry and the Government to keep prices stable.

International assistance for Viet Nam’s African Swine Fever response

19:24 | 19/03/2019 Headlines

VCN - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted an international emergency mission to enhance Viet Nam’s response capacity to African Swine Fever

Lang Son: strictly preventing smuggling of pigs of unknown origin

18:10 | 06/12/2018 Anti-Smuggling

VCN – Responding to the situation of African swine fever which may pose a high risk of infection in Vietnam, Lang Son has been fiercely and synchronously implementing measures for prevention.

Which plan is to prevent African hog cholera infecting Vietnam?

20:26 | 20/09/2018 Anti-Smuggling

Related to the prevention of hog cholera in Africa, Mr. Dam Xuan Thanh, Deputy Director General of the Department of Animal Health (DAH) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Customs strengthen the control and prevention of African Swine Fever at border gates

19:57 | 19/09/2018 Customs

VCN- Facing the potential risk of outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Vietnam, the General Department of Vietnam Custom has issued an official letter to request local customs departments to strictly control at border gates, trails and border areas people and means of transport entering Vietnam from countries with ASF outbreak.

How do the border areas prevent African swine fever?

15:36 | 19/09/2018 Anti-Smuggling

Dealing with the high risk of infection from African Swine Fever, Lang Son and Quang Ninh have synchronously deployed many solutions in order to prevent this dangerous disease.

Before African Swine Fever outbreak, Vietnam imported thousands of tons of pork from Poland

15:10 | 18/09/2018 Import-Export

VCN- According to recent information from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, in the first six months of 2018, Vietnam imported 19,581 tons of pork, with total import turnover of nearly $US 22.23 million.