Hog flu appeared in America but has not been found in Vietnam but many consumers have reduced consumption of pork. If hog flu become a pandemic, similar to avian influenza outbreaks in 2003, reduction in pork consumption is inevitable.

- Pork volume in two wholesale markets in Ho Chi Minh City increases 15 tons/day
- Live hog price in Ho Chi Minh City is up to VND 43,000/kg
- Beef prices in Hanoi and Can Tho increase VND 5,000/kg
- Breeding piglet price on Than Cuu Nghia increases VND 1,000/kg
- Bird flu appears in Quang Ngai and Thanh Hoa
- Meat and offal import from Laos will be enjoyed 50% of preferential tax rate

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