Eureka moment for African swine fever vaccine in Vietnam

Vietnam has become the first country to successfully produce African swine fever vaccine. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, June 18 (Vietnam News/ANN): The successful production of an African swine fever vaccine is a significant development for the pig breeding sector in Vietnam, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

Tien said the success enhances the prestige of Vietnamese breeding and veterinary medicine globally. More than 50 percent of farms in Vietnam are small scale, so vaccines are critical to protect the industry, which is the engine of the middle class.