Establish critical pivot points

Due to the difference in prices of live pigs and pig products between Vietnam and neighboring countries, which has led to the illegal trade and transport of pigs across the border, the People’s Committee of Thua Thien – Hue Province has just issued a written request to the specialist authorities to strengthen traffic control measures, Promptly identify and strictly prosecute cases of illegal transport and trade in animals and animal products.

Mr. Van Lap, head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of A Luoi District, said that from August 1 to now, the Veterinary Bureau has coordinated with the functional departments and towns bordering the border areas to set up checkpoints and stop the illegal entry and control export of pigs to Laos and vice versa.

In addition, the unit also coordinated the establishment of checkpoints at key points, and functional forces organized regular patrols on trails and trails leading from towns to Laos.

The forces combined propaganda and mobilized people to abide by the regulations and not trade in pigs and pig products illegally. From the organization of the control force until now, no illegal import and export of pigs to Laos and vice versa has been detected in A Luoi district.

As one of the places with the most pig farms in the province, the trade and transportation of pigs in Quang Dien district has been very active recently, said Mr. Phan Van Lu, deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The development in Quang Dien district confirmed that there have been no illegal imports of pigs and pig products from other places into the consumption area. The amount of locally raised cattle and poultry exported to other provinces is strictly controlled by the veterinary authority and local government.

“However, the agricultural sector is still not subjective and actively coordinates the control and supervision of livestock production and consumption to prevent illegal import and export of pigs and pig products,” Mr. Lu said.

Strictly deal with illegal import and export activities of pigs

Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, director of Thua Thien-Hue Province Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Subdepartment, said the veterinary sector, together with local and functional departments, is actively implementing measures to prevent the illegal export of animals and the import of pigs and pig products to other countries.

In order to prevent illegal import and export activities of pigs, functional authorities have set up checkpoints on the main roads and trails in the border areas and adjacent Laos, at each post are 3-5 people, including animal officials, medicine, police, market…

Transport vehicles traveling through the border area and through the northern and southern checkpoints and key routes are tightly controlled and monitored, combined with patrols to promptly detect and prevent violations.

Mr. Hung added that the pig herd in Thua Thien-Hue province was estimated at 155,000 heads at the time, an increase of 6,600 heads, up 4.5% from the same period last year. The reason for the increase in pig herds is that African swine fever has not been seen in the province recently, creating conditions for biosecurity breeding facilities to herd again.

Since the beginning of the year alone, more than 7,500 breeding pigs and 31,000 meat pigs have been quarantined and exported; inspect and monitor the import of nearly 152,000 pigs and 700 tons of legally frozen animal products.

After receiving documents from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Provincial People’s Committee, the unit has strengthened inspection and control, especially at border gates, paths and openings in the border area, to promptly detect and strictly deal with these illegal trade cases. Slaughtering and transport of pigs and pig products.

Accordingly, to ensure that there is no illegal import, transport or trade in animals and animal products; In particular, prevent the movement of pigs and pig products in and out of the locality through paths, openings … with Laos. When detecting and catching consignments of illegally transported pigs and pig products, they are treated rigorously and destroyed in accordance with regulations.

Earlier, on Aug. 1, the People’s Committee of Thua Thien – Hue Province issued official letter No. 8092/UBNN-NN, urging the authorities to strengthen traffic control measures, stop the transportation and trade of animals and animals without delay to detect and strictly handle products illegal.

In particular, the Thua Thien-Hue Provincial People’s Committee requested the 389 Provincial Steering Committee to closely coordinate and proactively share information and data with local central veterinary authorities and local veterinary authorities in order to take timely and effective measures to deal with violations.

The Public Security Department has launched a special project to combat illegal transportation and trade in pigs and animals.