Meat Imports a Possibility
VIET NAM - It may be necessary to import pork, beef and poultry at the end of this year if the animal production and feed industries fail to solve their current problems.

Vietnamese Feed Companies in Trouble
VIET NAM - Up to 40 feed companies have ceased trading so far this year as they struggle with imports and unfavorable exchange rates.

Culled Animal Households Can Defer Debt Payments
VIET NAM – Any animal breeding households whose poultry and cattle are culled due to the diseases are allowed to defer their payment of debts, declared the Governor of the State Bank in a recent official document.

Another Vietnamese Province Struck by PRRS
VIET NAM - "Blue ear" disease, or Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), has struck Vietnam's southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province, raising the total number of affected localities in the country to 13.

Farm Animal Disease Warnings
VIET NAM - Several outbreaks of PRRS, Foot and Mouth disease and avian flu have occurred over the last two weeks.

Three New Viet Nam Provinces Struck by PRRS
VIET NAM - Three new regions have been hit by PRRS, the total number of affected areas now being ten.

PRRS Control and Prevention Regulations Issued
VIET NAM - The Ministry of Agriculture has issued regulations on the control and prevention of PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome).

Vietnam Struck Yet Again by PRRS
HANOI - PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome), a.k.a. "blue ear" disease, has recently struck Vietnam's northern Quang Ninh province, raising the total number of affected localities in the country to six.

Domesticated Storks Kill Flies in Vietnam
VIETNAM - Animal farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tien Giang are taking an environmentally-friendly approach to eradicating flies. They are raising storks.

Vietnam Close to Becoming Free of PRRS
VIET NAM - According to the Veterinary Department under MARD (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the control of PRRS (or blue-ear disease) in many Vietnamese provinces has been a success.

Vietnam Strives to Produce Clean Pork
VIET NAM - Vietnam is launching a pilot project to produce clean pork by the end of 2008, in collaboration with some of the country's major livestock farms.

Vietnam: Another Case of PRRS
HANOI - PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome), otherwise known as "Blue Ear" disease, has hit another Vietnamese province, Bac Lieu province in the south, since the beginning of this month. This has led to the culling of 170 pigs.

MARD to Launch Clean Pork Production Pilot Plan
VIET NAM - The Livestock Breeding Department of the MARD (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has announced plans to launch a pilot project on the production of clean pork by the end of 2008 in collaboration with some large-scale livestock...

More Fundings for Blue Ear Epidemic Eradication
VIET NAM - The VEPF (Vietnam Environmental Protection Fund) plans to spend 340 million VND to help clean up the environment in provinces struck by blue ear epidemic.

Vietnam Pigs Affected by PRRS
VIETNAM - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), known as "blue ear" disease, has hit 270,000 pigs in Vietnam, or one percent of the country's pig population, since late March, local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reported Tuesday.

PRRS: South Vietnam Takes Precaution
VIET NAM - Vietnam's southern regions are now taking precaution, seeing as to how PRRS has already broken out in 10 northern and central provinces. This was decided on Tuesday, at a meeting in HCM City.

PRRS: Vietnam Sees Signs of Encouragement
VIET NAM - According to Thanhnien News, there have been no new sightings of blue ear disease in the last three days, which is a positive sign, particularly for Thanh Hoa, one of the more hard-hit areas in Viet Nam.

Cholera Adds to PRRS Woes
VIET NAM - Animals at the porcine research center attached to the National Institute of Animal Husbandry in Hanoi have been infected by the hog cholera virus, an official said Tuesday.

PRRS Vaccines Imported
VIET NAM - Vietnam has imported 100,000 doses of PRRS vaccine from China in a bid to try and combat the surging disease. 10 Vietnamese northern and central provinces.

Blue Ear Restrictions on Exports
VIET NAM - Concern over the possible spread of blue ear disease has prompted the Vietnamese agriculture ministry limit pig exports to China.