VOV.VN - Vietnam spent US$33.75 million on importing over 12,000 tonnes of frozen pork in January, up 105% in volume and 149.1% in vale compared to the same period last year, according to the Import and Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnam imported 109,800 tonnes of frozen pork worth US$257.29 million from foreign markets last year, marking a decrease of 8.9% in volume and 12.2% in value compared to 2023, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s import value of meat and meat products was worth US$1.08 billion during the first eight months of the year, representing an annual surge of 20.3%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The livestock industry needs to ensure pork supply increases by 10-15% for the Tet Holiday to avoid price fluctuations.

Up to 69.5 tonnes of frozen pork and by-products from Tomsk province of Russia have been exported to Vietnam, meeting the sanitary and veterinary regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the veterinary requirements of Vietnam.

Residents in Binh Duong Province have creatively transformed the simple banh beo (bloating fern-shaped rice cake) into banh beo bi (bloating fern-shaped cake served with shredded pork skin) with a unique flavor.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said on June 5 that in the first five months of 2024, domestic market prices were basically stable, with market developments in line with the price management scenario set by the Prime Minister’s Steering Committee for Price Management.

VOV.VN - The General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on May 29 that the May consumer price index (CPI) inched up by 0.05% on-month, with this mostly being due to increases occurring in the prices of pork meat and electricity.

Vietnam is now one of the world's top 10 countries for pork consumption, latest statistics have revealed.

The Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV), the only national centralised commodity trading market organiser in Vietnam, has said that it will focus on building specialised commodity trading floors in the coming time.