Vietnam imported about 2 million chicken breeds in the first 8 months of 2023

According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, Chairman of the Vietnam Poultry Breeding Association, every year, our country still imports a large number of poultry breeds to serve domestic production. Specifically, in 2021, Vietnam imported more than 3.8 million chicken and duck breeds; In 2022, nearly 3.4 million chicken breeds will be imported, of which nearly 2.2 million white chicken breeds are raised for meat, more than 723,000 are chicken breeds with colored feathers raised for meat, and the rest are egg-oriented chicken breeds. In the first 8 months of 2023, our country also imported about 2 million chicken breeds of all kinds. The total number of duck breeds imported annually is 14,000 - 18,000. The Vietnam Poultry Breeding Association also provided a forecast scenario for poultry production and trade in the period 2024 - 2030. Specifically, the total annual poultry production from now to 2030 is forecast for with white feathered broilers reaching 240 - 250 million, colored feathered ...