Conditions for producing and trading in livestock breeds in Vietnam

According to Article 19 of the Ordinance on livestock breeds 2004 of Vietnam, organizations and individuals that producing and/or trading in livestock breeds must fully satisfy the following conditions:

- Having certificates of registration of business in livestock breeds;

- Having locations for producing and/or trading livestock breeds suitable with the planning of the agriculture or fisheries sectors, and ensuring the standards of veterinary sanitation and environmental protection according to the law provisions on veterinary medicine, fisheries and environmental protection;

- Having material foundation and technical equipment and facilities compatible with the production and trading of each livestock species and each quality grade of breeds;

- Having or hiring technicians trained in husbandry and veterinary or aquaculture techniques if they produce or trade in parental breed stocks or commercial breeds;

- Having or hiring technicians possessing university degrees in husbandry or veterinary medicine or aquaculture if they produce or trade in purebred livestock breeds, prototypal breed stocks, grandparental breed stocks, nucleus breed stocks;

- Having dossiers for monitoring breeds;

- Carrying out the technical process for producing livestock breeds, promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development or the Ministry of Fisheries.

Households and individuals that produce and trade in livestock breeds in traditional forms and are not subject to business registration shall not have to comply with the above provisions, but must ensure the veterinary sanitation and environmental protection standards according to the law provisions on veterinary medicine, fisheries and environmental protection.

View more details at: The Ordinance on livestock breeds 2004 of Vietnam was promulgated on March 24, 2004 and effective from July 01, 2004.

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