VOV.VN - A traditional pig slaughtering festival got underway in Nem Thuong village of Bac Ninh city, northern Vietnam, on January 27 as part of activities to celebrate the new-year period.

Vietnam spent nearly US$190 million on importing about 89,000 tonnes of pork in the first ten months of this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

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.

On rainy days, nothing is more heartening than a pig’s small intestine hotpot, a specialty of Dong Nai Province.

VOV.VN - Tasteatlas, a renowned website for foodies globally, has named Vietnamese dish Pig Skin Cake among its top 100 Most Popular Cakes in the world.

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).

Vietnamese scientists have for the first time successfully cloned pigs using the somatic cells of ear tissue.

VOV.VN - A vaccine developed by a Vietnamese company to combat the African swine fever (ASF) has proved effective following clinical trials and is expected to be commercially marketed in the second quarter of 2021.

VOV.VN - New cases of the African swine fever (ASF) epidemic have been uncovered in two small pig-farming households located in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.

VOV.VN - Living in the northern mountainous region, the Ha Nhi celebrate their Tet (New Year) festival more than two months earlier than the Kinh, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam. Let’s find out the distinctiveness in their Tet celebrations.