Vietnam: Tens of thousands of pigs died due to storms and floods, pork prices hit new highs

Many pig farms in the North suffered heavy damage after the storm and flood, even being wiped out, causing a shortage of pork supply. The price of live pigs increased sharply, reaching a new peak. Sharing with PV. VietNamNet on the afternoon of September 20, Mr. Hoang Van Chung in Phu Luong commune (Son Duong, Tuyen Quang) happily boasted that this morning he had just sold 40 pigs for 69,000 VND/kg. Roughly estimating, he earned about 1.5 million VND for each pig sold. Mr. Chung said that his family's pig farm is on relatively high terrain, so the recent storm and flood only slightly blew off the roof, and was not flooded, so the pig's head was preserved. In recent days, the price of live pigs has started to increase quite rapidly, and traders have also called to buy more. "Any pig that is ready to be sold is taken away by traders," he said. But his farm currently only raises 600-700 commercial pigs. Because African swine fever is still raging, pigs get sick and die. He also ...