Poultry infected with bird flu in province near Saigon

Thousands of poultry are infected with H5N1, otherwise known as bird flu, in a province near Saigon.

Indigenously produced vaccines for swine and avian flu have passed clinical trials and could be launched next year.

Vietnam's agriculture ministry announced in late May that the country was free of the H5N1 virus after weeks of no new cases.

June 07, 2017 | 02:02 pm GMT+7

Poultry smuggling over the border with China poses a severe risk to animals and people.

March 04, 2017 | 03:02 pm GMT+7

The virus strain has killed 65 people in Vietnam since it recurred in 2003.

March 02, 2017 | 08:39 pm GMT+7