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How 130 tons of diseased meat were uncovered at Ha Long Canned Food Company

How 130 tons of diseased meat were uncovered at Ha Long Canned Food Company

The seizure of two trucks carrying 1.2 tons of pork infected with African swine fever led authorities to a warehouse storing 130 tons of diseased frozen meat owned by Ha Long Canned Food Company.
Vietnam arrests food company CEO over use of diseased pork in 1.7 tons of pate production

Vietnam arrests food company CEO over use of diseased pork in 1.7 tons of pate production

Supermarkets remove Halong Canfoco products from shelves after diseased pork found

Supermarkets remove Halong Canfoco products from shelves after diseased pork found

2 tons of canned pate made by Halong Canfoco destroyed for containing diseased pork

2 tons of canned pate made by Halong Canfoco destroyed for containing diseased pork

Around two tons of canned pate produced by Halong Canfoco have been destroyed by authorities for containing meat that tested positive for the African swine fever virus.
January 8, 2026 | 12:16 am PT

Hundreds of dead pigs exhumed from graves and sold as pork in Vietnam

Police in Khanh Hoa Province in central Vietnam on Dec. 25 accused a man and six others with exhuming hundreds of dead pigs infected with African swine fever and selling the meat illegally.
December 25, 2025 | 03:09 pm PT
38 tons of pork infected with African swine fever found in Vietnam slaughterhouse

38 tons of pork infected with African swine fever found in Vietnam slaughterhouse

Authorities in northern Vietnam have detained a slaughterhouse owner accused of hoarding nearly 38 tons of pork infected with the African swine fever virus to sell later for profit.
October 22, 2025 | 07:26 pm PT
Woman found buying dead pigs infected with African swine fever to sell in market

Woman found buying dead pigs infected with African swine fever to sell in market

Market regulators in Gia Lai Province Thursday discovered 220 diseased pigs, some already dead, loaded onto a truck and identified a woman who had bought them to resell.
August 7, 2025 | 08:38 pm PT
Diseased pork secretly sold across Hanoi markets and restaurants, police reveal

Diseased pork secretly sold across Hanoi markets and restaurants, police reveal

Pork infected with African swine fever was secretly slaughtered and sold to markets and restaurants across Hanoi, police revealed.
July 9, 2025 | 04:49 pm PT
Pigs die en masse after getting Vietnamese vaccine

Pigs die en masse after getting Vietnamese vaccine

At least 100 pigs have died in the central Phu Yen Province within a week of getting a shot of an African swine fever vaccine made by a Vietnamese firm.
August 24, 2022 | 08:02 pm PT
Vietnam becomes 1st country to make African swine fever vaccine

Vietnam becomes 1st country to make African swine fever vaccine

Vietnam has become the first country to produce a vaccine for African swine fever, the agriculture ministry said.
June 1, 2022 | 07:00 pm PT
Vietnam stops live pig imports from Thailand

Vietnam stops live pig imports from Thailand

Vietnam has decided to stop importing live pigs from Thailand starting June 30 after 980 of them were found infected with the African swine fever.
May 28, 2021 | 05:00 pm PT
Vietnam may have African swine fever vaccine by 2021: agriculture minister

Vietnam may have African swine fever vaccine by 2021: agriculture minister

Vietnam might have a vaccine for African swine fever next year following optimistic small-scale test results, said agricultural minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong.
November 10, 2020 | 03:00 am PT
Pork consumption falls due to shortage caused by African swine fever

Pork consumption falls due to shortage caused by African swine fever

Pork consumption fell by 13 percent year-on-year in the first four months of 2020 as the African swine fever outbreak last year caused a shortage.
September 2, 2020 | 08:16 pm PT
Pork producers see profits skyrocket as prices rise on shortage

Pork producers see profits skyrocket as prices rise on shortage

Pork producers said net profits rose by up to 17 times in the first quarter as a short supply caused prices to surge.
June 7, 2020 | 09:20 pm PT
Vietnam greenlights live pig imports

Vietnam greenlights live pig imports

To contain rising pork prices caused by African swine fever, Vietnam will allow the import of live pigs for the first time.
May 29, 2020 | 01:07 am PT
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