Lightning strike kills 230 pigs in Vietnam
The total damage was estimated at billions of dong (VND1 billion = US$43,300)
African swine fever outbreak spreading widely in Vietnam
An African swine fever outbreak is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry, forcing the culling of three times the number of hogs culled last year, the government said on Thursday
Locals dump dead pigs into rivers amidst African swine fever epidemic in Vietnamese province
Several dead pigs have been found in ditches and rivers across Nghe An Province
Vietnamese scientists clone four piglets from single adult
The four piglets were cloned using somatic cells derived from the ear tissue of a mature pig
Three African swine fever clusters recorded in southern Vietnamese province
The outbreaks were discovered in Binh Phuoc Province after the disease had not been recorded in the locality for over a year
African swine fever returns to south-central Vietnamese province
An outbreak has been detected in a swine herd in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province
Vietnam’s agriculture ministry criticized for failing to deal with pork price hike
The ministry bears responsibility for the shortage of pork and a resultant surge in pork prices, a deputy prime minister says
Ho Chi Minh City diners raise costs as pork prices keep surging
Local food vendors were forced to adjust their prices in order to ensure a decent profit
Pigs sneaked from Cambodia into southern Vietnam amid African swine fever
The smuggling has become more common as prices of domestic pigs have keep surging recently
African swine fever hits industrial farms in Vietnam, 2.8 million pigs culled
Earlier outbreaks have appeared mostly at small household farms but have now started to occur at larger industrial operations