The domestic meat market is facing mounting pressure as imports surge, with cheaper products increasingly dominating supermarket shelves.

The livestock industry needs to ensure pork supply increases by 10-15% for the Tet Holiday to avoid price fluctuations.

Vietnam’s livestock industry set a production growth target of 4-5% in 2024 and is expected to make up 28-30% of the country’s agricultural production.

More than 350 enterprises from more than 30 countries and territories joined Vietnam’s Premier International Feed, Livestock, Aquaculture & Meat Industry Show (Vietstock) Expo & Forum 2023 that opened at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City on October 11.

Vietnam’s Premier International Feed, Livestock, Aquaculture & Meat Industry Show (Vietstock) Expo & Forum 2023 will take place at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City from October 11-13.

VOV.VN - Vietnam imported approximately 680,000 tonnes of meat and meat products worth US$1.49 billion in 2022, a decline of 6.1% in volume and up 7.3% in value year on year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam's livestock industry expects to face less difficulties this year, especially when China loosens COVID-19 control measures.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Premier International Feed, Livestock, and Meat Industry Show (VietStock 2022) will take place from October 12 to October 14 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese enterprises are facing rising costs in fuels and materials for production due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, experts have said.

VOV.VN - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is set to pour approximately US$43 million in order to help GreenFeed Vietnam Corporation increase its pig breeding and farming capacity.