Building disease-free zones is the most important key to the sustainable development of the husbandry sector, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said on February 23.

Vietnam’s animal feed exports would likely touch the US$1 billion mark in the near future as many large-scale enterprises in the field have continued to expand their production, trade experts have predicted.

Vietnam, for the first time in decades, has signed a contract with India to buy 70,000 tonnes of 100-percent broken rice from India to meet increasing demand of this kind of rice in the domestic market for producing animal feed.

VOV.VN - Japfa Comfeed Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Japfa Vietnam) has received a license on to invest a sum of over US$40 million in a self-contained animal husbandry project worth a total of US$230 million.

Seven captive bears have been rescued in the southern province of Binh Duong and transferred to a rescue centre, the Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) said November 13.

VOV.VN - Police operating in Binh Tan district of Ho Chi Minh City have arrested an individual who is suspected of illegally transporting a pangolin, an animal which is on the list of endangered rare species and therefore banned from being traded, according to Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV).

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has said the animal husbandry sector still possesses huge potential as domestic and foreign demand is constantly increasing, especially for high-quality products.

Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has suggested that the country and Vietnam set up a bilateral cooperation mechanism in animal health.