The Vietnam Poultry Association has urged the Prime Minister to implement specific support policies for farmers, who are currently facing intense competition from foreign meat imports and FDI enterprises that are dominating the market.

The gradual easing of disease restrictions by the world's second-largest economy, China, will affect the economies of the ASEAN region, especially Vietnam, China's largest trading partner in the ASEAN bloc since 2016.

Vietnam's livestock industry expects to face less difficulties this year, especially when China loosens COVID-19 control measures.