14 Prohibited acts in animal husbandry in Vietnam 2023

14 Prohibited acts in animal husbandry in Vietnam 2023 (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. What is animal husbandry?

According to Clause 1, Article 2 of the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018, animal husbandry means a combined economic-technical branch including activities related to livestock breeds, animal feeds, livestock breeding and processing conditions and market of animal products.

2. 14 Prohibited acts in animal husbandry in Vietnam 2023

The following acts are strictly prohibited in animal husbandry in Vietnam:

(1) Breeding operated in areas not permitted for livestock rearing in cities, district-level towns, commune-level towns and residential zones except for rearing for decoration purpose and laboratory breeding without environmental pollution.

(2) Use of substances prohibited in animal husbandry

(3) Use of antibiotics in animal feeds that are not veterinary medicine permitted to be circulated in Vietnam.

(4) Use of antibiotics in animal feeds as growth stimulants.

(5) Destruction or appropriation of livestock gene sources.

(6) Illegal export of precious and rare livestock gene sources.

(7) Import of animal products with prohibited substances in animal husbandry.

(8) Import, trade and processing of products made from animals died of diseases or whose death is unexplained.

(9) Illegal import, rearing, releasing or use of genetically modified animals and products thereof.

(10) Coercive use or insertion of substances or objects or injection of water into domesticated animal body and products thereof for trade fraud purpose.

(11) Collusion and cheating in quality experiments, testing, verification and announcement and certification of conformity in animal husbandry.

(12) Discharge of waste from livestock breeding not undergoing treatment or not treated in a satisfactory manner to places for waste receipt as specified in the law on environmental protection.

(13) Provide counterfeit information in declaration of animal husbandry for profiteering purpose.

(14) Obstruction, destruction and encroachment of legal livestock breeding.

(Article 12 of the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018)

3. State policies on animal husbandry in Vietnam

State policies on animal husbandry are as follows:

(i) The State shall make investment in the following activities:

- Basic statistic and investigation and establishment of animal husbandry database, assessment of livestock breeding and potentials thereof on an annual or 5-year basis; preparation of animal husbandry development strategies, market forecast, storage of animal products in certain period and formulation of standards and regulations on animal husbandry techniques;

- Preservation of precious and rare livestock gene sources and local livestock breeds

(ii) The State shall provide funding for the following activities in each period according to state budget:

- Study and application of science and technology in which priority is given to high, advanced and modern technology used for creating a breakthrough in animal husbandry; import and raising of original breeds;

- Establishment of disease-free zones and biosecurity zones for livestock breeding; handling of breeding environment; development of good breeding practice models; relocation of breeding facilities from cities, district-level towns, commune-level towns or residential areas that are not permitted for livestock breeding.

- Construction of infrastructure and equipment for scientific and technological research institutions and training institutions; development of high-qualified human resources, training in breeding profession, agriculture promotion in breeding in which priority is given to remote and isolated areas, ethnic minority areas, poor areas and severely poor areas;

- Creation and development of national animal products or main animal products and organic products; development of national animal product trade mark, construction of concentrated slaughter premises, wholesale markets and auction facilities for advertisement and consumption of livestock breeds and animal products; trade promotion and development of the market for animal product consumption;

- Assistance in livestock breeding and restoration of livestock breeds after natural disasters or epidemic as per law provisions

(iii) The State encourages entities to invest in activities specified in (i) and (ii) and the following activities:

- Operation of breeding farms or value chain-based livestock production and promotion of the role of enterprises, industry associations and cooperatives in development of livestock value chains;

- Investment in high, advanced and modern technology for animal product slaughter, processing and maintenance and technology for treatment of livestock breeding waste as fertilizer and serving other purposes;

- Investment in livestock insurance, improvement of capacity of performing experiments and assessment of conformity in animal husbandry

(Article 4 of the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018)

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