Vietnam plans to distribute its second vaccine against African swine fever, called AVAC ASF LIVE, nationwide from March this year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

The testing of the vaccine, developed and produced by the AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd, began on pig farms last March, with the efficacy rate reaching 95 per cent.

The vaccine was approved for circulation on July 8 and put into use under supervision at pig farms.

The first four batches of AVAC ASF LIVE vaccine produced in 2022 were tested and met quality requirements.

AVAC Vietnam also cooperated with the CP Livestock Joint Stock Company (CP Vietnam) to organize the pilot injection of 600,544 pigs at 545 farms, and took 5,958 samples for testing. The results showed that 93.34 per cent of samples met technical requirements.

Vietnam has become the first country to successfully develop and produce two vaccines against African swine fever.