Vietnam - Moderate pig production growth

Vietnam has forecasted that pig production in the country could increase by 3.8% to 27 million head in 2009. The growth shows the strength of the Vietnam’s pig industry in overcoming crises such as high feed cost and disease outbreaks that hit the industry since last year. The government has lent full support through subsidizing interest rates on bank loans to the farmers and exemptions from tax on land use and pig sales.