Vietnam is striving towards producing one million tonnes of fresh milk
from a total milk cow herd of 500,000 between now and 2020, according
to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Animal Husbandry
Department.
So far, 200,000 dairy cows are being raised in
Vietnam , up from only 41,240 in the year 2000. Although milk
production has increased sevenfold at 456,000 tonnes today compared to
2001, the total production only meets 28 percent of national demand.
Last year, nearly 1.1 billion USD was spent on importing milk from
abroad.
Cows are now predominantly reared in Hanoi; Ho Chi
Minh City; the northern provinces of Son La, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Phuc; the
central province of Nghe An; and the southern provinces of Long An, Lam
Dong and Tay Ninh.
Dairy producers such as TH, Moc Chau and Vinamilk are modernising and their production and distribution technology.
With a milk output of 5.1 tonnes per lactation cycle Vietnam ranks
highly in Southeast Asia, compared to Thailand with 3.2 tonnes,
Indonesia with 3.1 tonnes and China with 3.4 tonnes.
Hanoi aims to meet 35 percent of the local demand by 2020 through
the designation of 15 key dairy production areas in the outlying
districts of Ba Vi, Gia Lam, Quoc Oai, Dong Anh, Dan Phuong and Phuc
Tho.
Last year, Vinamilk, the country’s largest dairy
producer, generated a record 230 million USD from exports to 11
countries and territories across the globe, said deputy head of the
Animal Husbandry Department Tong Xuan Chinh.
According to the
Vinh Phuc provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,
rearing cows has enhanced the livelihoods of thousands of farmers.
In the northern province of Tuyen Quang, the majority of cows are
imported from Australia . Thanks to standardised farming techniques,
farmers have doubled their milk output compared to 2009.
To
secure fodder for 5,000 dairy cows by 2020, Tuyen Quang will expand the
area of land used to produce fodder to 310ha in Yen Son and Yen Duong
districts.
A representative from the Ho Chi Minh City
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said the ministry needs
to develop a master plan for the dairy sector, including infrastructure
improvements and a national programme on increasing the quality of dairy
cows.
Nguyen Van Khoi, Deputy Director of the Soc Trang
provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, proposed the
State facilitate dairy cow rearing in rural areas and areas inhabited
by ethnic minorities, where land and workforce resources are abundant.-Vietnam is striving towards producing one million tonnes of fresh milk
from a total milk cow herd of 500,000 between now and 2020, according
to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Animal Husbandry
Department.
So far, 200,000 dairy cows are being raised in
Vietnam , up from only 41,240 in the year 2000. Although milk
production has increased sevenfold at 456,000 tonnes today compared to
2001, the total production only meets 28 percent of national demand.
Last year, nearly 1.1 billion USD was spent on importing milk from
abroad.
Cows are now predominantly reared in Hanoi; Ho Chi
Minh City; the northern provinces of Son La, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Phuc; the
central province of Nghe An; and the southern provinces of Long An, Lam
Dong and Tay Ninh.
Dairy producers such as TH, Moc Chau and Vinamilk are modernising and their production and distribution technology.
With a milk output of 5.1 tonnes per lactation cycle Vietnam ranks
highly in Southeast Asia, compared to Thailand with 3.2 tonnes,
Indonesia with 3.1 tonnes and China with 3.4 tonnes.
Hanoi aims to meet 35 percent of the local demand by 2020 through
the designation of 15 key dairy production areas in the outlying
districts of Ba Vi, Gia Lam, Quoc Oai, Dong Anh, Dan Phuong and Phuc
Tho.
Last year, Vinamilk, the country’s largest dairy
producer, generated a record 230 million USD from exports to 11
countries and territories across the globe, said deputy head of the
Animal Husbandry Department Tong Xuan Chinh.
According to the
Vinh Phuc provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,
rearing cows has enhanced the livelihoods of thousands of farmers.
In the northern province of Tuyen Quang, the majority of cows are
imported from Australia . Thanks to standardised farming techniques,
farmers have doubled their milk output compared to 2009.
To
secure fodder for 5,000 dairy cows by 2020, Tuyen Quang will expand the
area of land used to produce fodder to 310ha in Yen Son and Yen Duong
districts.
A representative from the Ho Chi Minh City
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said the ministry needs
to develop a master plan for the dairy sector, including infrastructure
improvements and a national programme on increasing the quality of dairy
cows.
Nguyen Van Khoi, Deputy Director of the Soc Trang
provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, proposed the
State facilitate dairy cow rearing in rural areas and areas inhabited
by ethnic minorities, where land and workforce resources are abundant.-VNA