The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on July 24 issued a document guiding the use of vaccines against African swine fever (ASF) nationwide.
The vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) AVAC ASF LIVE developed and produced by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd. is expected to be distributed nationwide from February this year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
VOV.VN - African swine fever (ASF) has hit 929 communes in 258 districts across 50 provinces and cities nationwide, according to a report compiled by the Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Two more vaccines against African swine fever (ASF), developed by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd. and Dabaco Group JSC, are expected to be licensed in Vietnam by the end of this year.
Vietnam has successfully produced a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF), said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien on June 1.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on December 9 signed a memorandum of understanding on technical support for the prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) in Vietnam.
The Dabaco Group Joint Stock Company has said it is striving to announce the result of its project on researching and producing a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) by the end of this year.
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.
VOV.VN - Russia raked in a total of US$130.5 million from exporting 63,500 tonnes of pork and offal to Vietnam last year, equivalent to 25% of Vietnamese pork imports, thereby becoming the largest pork supplier to the nation.
VOV.VN - Vietnam is to temporarily suspend the import of live pigs for slaughter from Thailand as of June 30 in an effort to prevent the African swine fever (ASF) from spreading among local herds, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).