The targets are set in a 2020-2025 national plan on African swine fever prevention that has been approved by deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.
PM Phúc said the task of economic recovery was more urgent than ever and that Việt Nam must make use of the fact it has controlled the COVID-19 pandemic early.
The price of live hog in the Vietnamese market decreased recently after the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) allowed imports of pigs from Thailand.