Experts said pig farming must be developed through integrated supply chains linking breeding, farming, slaughtering, processing and final products to help producers control costs, improve traceability and strengthen their ability to compete with imported meat.
A Czech diplomat described the arrival of the first container as the successful outcome of a long and complex market-opening process involving years of negotiations, regulatory approvals and close cooperation between Czech and Vietnamese authorities.
Over the past two months of this year, the country spent US$18.69 million on importing over 8,400 tonnes of chilled or frozen pork, marking a yearly decline of 1 per cent in value but 4.2 per cent rise in volume, according to the General Department of Việt Nam...
As pork consumption is expected to rise in the short term, many big companies are injecting trillions of dong into pig farming, with a market value estimated at up to $15 billion.