Pork accounts for 75% of meat consumption in Vietnam
Consumption of pork in Vietnam is at about 3.5-3.7 million tonnes, according to official sources quoted by Xinhua Net agency.
Pork accounts for 75% of the total meat consumption in Vietnam each year, according to the Department of Livestock Production. Nevertheless, the sector is still taking baby steps into modernizing its capacities. Two northern provinces of Bac Giang and Vinh Phuc, Ho Chi Minh City and the southern province of Dong Nai, most pig farm owners did not buy breeding pigs and they often selected healthy baby pigs from their available pig farms to raise leading to unsustainability in breeding pigs, according to a recent survey.
Also, modern abattoirs in the five localities were not operating at full capacity because people still preferred to use traditional slaughterhouses. As estimated, the modern abattoirs only operated at 50% of their capacity.
The complete picture of the country's pig sector is completed by the lack of awareness of pig farm owners, slaughterhouses and traders about food safety and hygiene.
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