At around 1 p.m. on April 4, officers from Livestock and Animal Health Station No. 7 under the Quang Tri Sub-Department, in coordination with police in Nam Dong Ha ward, stopped and inspected a truck on Dien Bien Phu Street.

The vehicle, driven by Vu Van Bien, a resident of Bac Dong Hung commune, Hung Yen province in northern Vietnam, was found transporting 100 pigs. Of these, two had died, while the rest showed symptoms including red skin, lethargy, rapid breathing and yellow urine on the vehicle floor.

Test results from pooled samples confirmed that the pigs were positive for the virus causing African swine fever.

The driver failed to present animal quarantine certificates for the pigs. All pigs were buried to eliminate the source of infection.

Urgent measures ordered as African Swine Fever spreads nationwide

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has requested that provinces and cities urgently implement disease control measures to preventing the further spread and prolongation of African Swine Fever (ASF) that is resurging across the country, severely impacting the livestock sector and food safety.