Country Profiles: Vietnam

Estimate of rural poultry population
Chickens: 86 million
Ducks: 29 million

Approximately 75% of the national flock are kept under traditional village conditions.
Source: Figures for 1996 supplied by Professor Tu, NAVETCO

Institutions and organizations

• National Veterinary Company (NAVETCO)
  29 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St.
  District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
  Produces and supplies freeze dried I-2 Newcastle disease vaccine for use in village chickens
• National Institute of Veterinary Research
  61A Troung Chinh Road
  Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Current projects

• “Improving capacity to control Newcastle disease and duck plague in village poultry”. Viet Nam Australian development cooperation program CARD program.”

Viet Nam Activity Director
Professor Tran Dinh Tu, NAVETCO,
29 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St,
District 1 Ho Chi Minh City.
Email navetco@hcmc.netnam.vn

Funded by AusAID