Vietnam raked in US$22.83 billion from exporting agro-forestry-aquatic products in the first five months of 2021, representing a year-on-year increase of 30.3%, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global trade bottlenecks and disruptions, but livestock exports are still growing strongly. With export turnover of US$1.23 billion in 2020, livestock is the new export strength of Vietnam.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese livestock exports have witnessed robust growth in recent times across several major markets, with the export value rising 34.7% to US$89 million during the first quarter of the year, according to the Department of Livestock Production.
VOV.VN - The Department of Livestock And Animal Health of Nghe An province received 10,000 doses of vaccine on March 24 with the aim of slowing the spread of viral lumpy skin disease (LSD) among local cattle.
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.
VOV.VN - More than 200 cattle, including buffaloes and cows, have died over the past two days due to the severe cold spell which has hit northern Vietnam.
VOV.VN - Temperatures in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai dropped to as low as three degrees Celsius on January 11, causing frost to negatively impact the daily lives of local residents.
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.
The imported pork and declining meat consumption have pushed pork prices down, helping stabilise the consumer price index.
New technologies from the fourth Industrial Revolution will be applied in livestock breeding in order to produce safe and high-quality output while improving the husbandry sector’s competitive edge, according to the husbandry development strategy for the 2021-2030 period and vision to 2045.