Recently, the phenomenon of illegal trafficking and transport of cattle and buffalo across the southwestern border into Vietnam is widespread and complicated, especially in Long An province, with the risk of introducing the causative agent of rash, foot-and-mouth disease. Picture: Pham Hieu.
According to information from the Animal Health Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the phenomenon of illegal trafficking and transport of cattle across the southwestern border to Vietnam is widespread and complicated, especially the border with Cambodia and the Long An province border, increasing the risk of infection and the spread of dangerous diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, dermatitis…
Smuggled cattle and buffalo of unknown origin may be fed with animal husbandry products that do not meet veterinary hygiene and food safety requirements, and pose the risk of seriously affecting livestock farming, domestic agriculture, human health.
Therefore, in order to put an immediate end to the above situation, on March 22, the Ministry of Animal Health developed and ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to issue documents to An Giang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang and Long An provinces. It is recommended that local leaders focus on directing departments, agencies and authorities at all levels to focus resources on prevention, control and strict treatment of violators to prevent illegal transportation of buffalo and cows to Vietnam.
In particular, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed that the provinces thoroughly understand, guide and propagate the local people and businesses to control the import of buffalo and cows in accordance with the Veterinary Medicine Law and Guidance Documents Prime Minister (in Resolution No 1632/QD-TTg of October 22, 2020 on Approval of the “National Program for the Prevention and Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Period 2021-2025” Resolution No. 18!4/QD-TTg of October 28, 2021 on the approval of the “National plan for the prevention and control of eczema in buffalo and cows, period 2022-2030”); Department of Agriculture and Rural Development policy documents; Do not help transport, trade or legalize the origin of smuggled buffalo and cows.
At the same time, provinces must instruct municipal and district authorities to compile statistics and monitor local herds of cattle and buffalo, particularly in places bordering the Cambodian border, to promptly identify the change and count the number of mutations due increase collusion and legalization of origin of transported or smuggled buffalo and cows; legalize, falsify and violate regulations on quarantine papers for import, quarantine for transport out of the province.
The investigative agency worked with subjects of smuggling cows across the border in Tay Ninh province on March 6. Picture: Tran Trung.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed municipalities to task local authorities and functional forces to urgently set up special projects, investigate, fight and severely treat illegal goods and transport organizations and individuals, and buffaloing and Allow cows to enter Vietnam.
Along with this, it is necessary to instruct the local officials, especially the border guards, to step up inspection and control work, especially at border gates, paths and openings in the border area, in order to detect violations in good time and deal with them strictly, premature end of the illegal Trade and transport of buffalo and cows to Vietnam, particularly with a focus on handling cases of buffalo and cows suspected of being smuggled out of Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
Guide and direct relevant units to organize information and propaganda to raise awareness of border residents about epidemic prevention, trade fraud and illegal transportation of buffalo and cows.
Direct the local steering committee 389 at all levels to closely coordinate and proactively share information and data with local central veterinary authorities and local veterinary authorities.
Directing local market management forces to strengthen circulation control measures, promptly expose and strictly deal with cases of illegal transportation and trade of buffalo and cows to Vietnam.
Directing agencies and local authorities to coordinate with units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Department of Animal Health and Related Units) to monitor animal diseases and use banned substances on imported buffalo and cows suspected of being illegally imported into Vietnam to become.
Earlier on March 6, police from Chau Thanh district, Tay Ninh province arrested five people, including: Nguyen Van Dung (41 years old); Truong Van Hieu (60 years old); Nguyen Hung Ty (47 years old); Nguyen Van Duong (33 years old) and Nguyen Van Textile (51 years old) live in Ben Cau Hamlet, Bien Bien Municipality, Chau Thanh District, Tay Ninh Province; to investigate the crime of smuggling cows across the border.
Economic Police Department, Tay Ninh Public Security, in cooperation with Chau Thanh District Police Department and Mobile Police Department, caught 37 cows at Nguyen Van Dung’s cow farm in Ben Cau Hamlet, Bien Bien Township, Chau Thanh District, a Cambodia.
After an extensive investigation, the police further discovered that Mr. Truong Van Hieu’s cow farm kept 18 cows smuggled from Cambodia. All five people confessed, Nguyen Hung Ty and Truong Van Hieu jointly bought 55 cows from Cambodia to Vietnam to sell for a profit.
They both hired Nguyen Van Duong to guide cows from Cambodia to the area of Ben Cau Hamlet, Bien Bien Township, Chau Thanh District, and then took them to Ty, Hieu and Dung’s cow farm. The detainees and cows’ confessions will be transported to Dong Nai, Long An and Ho Chi Minh City provinces. Ho Chi Minh for sale.
According to the Tay Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, illegal trade and transportation of buffalo and cows increases the risk of infection and the spread of dangerous diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, rash, etc. At the same time, smuggling imported products leads to non-compliance with veterinary hygiene and food safety requirements, which can seriously affect domestic livestock and human health.