Posts Tagged ‘ Animal-feed ’

Foreign firms corner Vietnam’s husbandry industry 

September 24, 2011
Foreign firms corner Vietnam’s husbandry industry 

A poultry trader carries chickens on his way to a local market in Ho Chi Minh City. Foreign firms are dominating the local animal feed and livestock breeding market. Foreign businesses hold most of the animal feed and livestock breeding market share and are working together to increase prices, according to local industry advocates. “While [...]

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Companies still can’t borrow, despite lower interest rates 

September 20, 2011
Companies still can’t borrow, despite lower interest rates 

Employees at Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, attend to customers in Hanoi. Several commercial banks announced lending interest rate cuts, but companies complain they are being denied access to the lower rates. Major lenders like VietinBank and Vietcombank have lowered dong lending rates for loans to businesses and manufacturers to [...]

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Ignorance leads to inadvertent marijuana farming 

July 15, 2011
Ignorance leads to inadvertent marijuana farming 

Duong Minh Thao from Dak Lak Province uproots his marijuana plants after learning they are considered an illegal narcotic. Many farmers in rural parts of the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands’ Dak Lak and Dak Nong Provinces have been cultivating marijuana without knowing what it is or that it is illegal in Vietnam.   In early May, Dak Lak police seized [...]

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Beetle-infested animal feed from India to be sent back 

March 3, 2011

  Nearly 45,900 tons of animal feed contaminated with a species of destructive beetle will be re-exported to India, according to a report by the agriculture ministry Tuesday.   The feed, including soy meal and corn, was found infected with the khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in the report.   The [...]

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Outcry as tariffs rise on stock feed

December 27, 2009
Outcry as tariffs rise on stock feed

LookAtVietnam – Agricultural officials and farmers have criticised a decision to increase import tariffs on raw materials for animal feed from next month. The Ministry of Finance has published a circular saying tariffs on such goods as maize, corn, soybeans and powdered fish will rise between 5 to 15 per cent.The decision aims to reduce [...]

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Dollar price spike reverberates through Vietnam’s markets

November 17, 2009
Dollar price spike reverberates through Vietnam’s markets

VietNamNet Bridge – Both retailers and their customers are suffering from the sharp dollar price increases. Pointing to a HP DV3 computer, a shopper at Phong Vu in HCM City complained that its price had jumped 900,000 dong in one week.  A salesman explained that it is because dollars now cost more.  Phong Vu must [...]

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Customs agencies creating difficulties for enterprises?

September 18, 2009
Customs agencies creating difficulties for enterprises?

LookAtVietnam – While customs agencies in all localities impose the import tariff of five percent on certain animal feed imports, the Ba Ria-Vung Tau customs agency imposes 10 percent. Circular No 129 dated December 26, 2008 of the Ministry of Finance stipulates that animal and poultry feed, both processed and unprocessed, such as bran, oil [...]

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Farmers get US$ 3.3 billion package

September 12, 2009
Farmers get US$ 3.3 billion package

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced a VND60 trillion stimulus package for farmers that focuses on investment in infrastructure and exports. LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced a 60 trillion dong (US$3.27 billion) stimulus package for farmers that focuses on investment in infrastructure and exports.The [...]

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Meat importers protest new inspection regulation

August 14, 2009
Meat importers protest new inspection regulation

LookAtVietnam – Importers of frozen meats complain that a new requirement that cargos be held at ports for veterinary inspection will unreasonably drive up their costs. From August 20, importers will have to leave meat imports in storage at ports long enough for veterinary agencies to take samples for food hygiene testing. The decision followed [...]

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Domestic breeders incurring losses because of meat imports

July 31, 2009
Domestic breeders incurring losses because of meat imports

Breeders complain that they are incurring losses, while feed producers say their sales are decreasing because of massive imports of low-quality meat. The production cost of one kilogramme of live pork is 31-32,000 dongLe Van Thanh, Director of Thai Duong Company, a feed producer, said that the live pork price in the north has dropped [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...