Live hog prices fall sharply, retail pork price still high

Thursday, Apr 13, 2023

Domestic live hog prices have fallen sharply while the price of pork at markets and supermarkets is 1.5 to five times higher.

Live hog price drops to VND48,000 per kilo

Saturday, Mar 04, 2023

Domestic live hog prices have fallen by 10 per cent compared to two weeks ago due to abundant supply while demand has decreased.

Imported pork does not cause reduction in domestic live hog price: expert

Thursday, Feb 16, 2023

Domestic live hog prices have fallen deeply, while enterprises have kept importing pork. There is a concern that imported pork may be the cause of the ping domestic pig prices.

Viet Nam spends nearly $2 billion importing meat

Monday, Jul 12, 2021

Viet Nam''s total import turnover of livestock products in the first six months of 2021 is estimated at US$1.82 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.9 per cent.

Imported pigs from Thailand expected to reduce Viet Nam’s pork price

Thursday, Jun 11, 2020

The price of live hog in the Vietnamese market decreased recently after the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) allowed imports of pigs from Thailand.

MARD requests local pig breeding farms and households to decrease live hog price

Thursday, Apr 09, 2020

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked pig breeding farms and households to reduce the price of live hog to VND70,000 (US$3) per kilo in order to stabilise the domestic market during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Live hog price to reduce to VND60,000/kg

Monday, Mar 30, 2020

From April 1, the live hog price needs to to VND70,000 per kilo from VND75,000. It would continue reducing to VND65,000 per kilo by the end of the second quarter and VND60,000 in the third quarter, Dung said.