Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope
This Law provides for raising of livestock, rights and obligations of organizations and individuals involved in animal husbandry and state management in animal husbandry.
Article 2. Definition
For the purpose of this Law, the terms below shall be construed as follows:
1. “animal husbandry” means a combined economic-technical branch including activities related to livestock breeds, animal feeds, livestock breeding and processing conditions and market of animal products.
2. “breeding activity" means raising of livestock for growth and reproduction purpose and other activities relating to livestock and animal products for food, animal traction or decoration purposes and other purpose of human.
3. “family farm” means a form of farm owned and operated by a family.
4. "livestock farm” means a form of intensive farming operated in a separated zone used for livestock production and farming.
5. “livestock” includes cattle, poultry and other farm animals.
6. “cattle” means any mammal with 4 legs domesticated and raised by humans.
7. “poultry” means any winged animal with 2 legs and feather domesticated and raised by humans.
8. “other farm animal” means any animal other than cattle, poultry and not on the list of endangered and rare species or the list of endangered and rare forest animals or ordinary forest animals or aqua creatures or the list of forest wild animals provided in the Appendix of Convention on international trading in endangered wild animals and plants.
9. “livestock breed” means a population of livestock of the same species and the same stock, having similar appearance and genetic structure, having been generated, consolidated and developed by human manipulations; a livestock breed must have a certain number of individuals for multiplication and inheritance of its characteristics by offspring generations.
10. “livestock line” means a group of livestock breed bearing its own fixed characteristics in addition to common characteristics of breed.
11. “new livestock breed or line” means any livestock breed or line domestically generated or imported into Vietnam for the first time.
12. “precious and rare livestock breed” means any livestock breed with special significance to science, healthcare and economy that is small in number or on the verge of extinction.
13. “local livestock breed” means any livestock breed generated and developed in a certain locality within the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
14. “original breed" means prototypal breed stock or grandparental breed stock for pigs and poultry; nucleus stock for other cattle or purebred breed stock for bees and original seed for silkworm.
15. “prototypal breed stock of pigs and poultry” means purebred breed stock or stock selected for production of grandparental breed stock.
16. “grandparental breed stock of pigs and poultry” means breed stock descended from the prototypal stock selected for grandparental stock production.
17. “parental breed stock of pigs and poultry” means any breed stock descended from grandparental stock for production of commercial products.
18. “nucleus stock” means the best stock with a clear source and origin, reared and selected according to a certain process in order to obtain a high genetic advance, for the purpose of producing breeding stocks.
19. “breeding stock” means the stock descended from nucleus stock for production of commercial breeds or selected for addition to nucleus stock.
20. “commercial stock” means a stock of domesticated animals descended from parental stock or breeding stock.
21. “livestock gene source” means whole living animals and their breeding products carrying genetic information, capable of creating or taking part in creating new livestock breeds.
22. “livestock annals" means a record reflecting the blood relationship between a livestock individual and its ancestor.
23. “livestock breed product” means any breed animal, sperm, embryo, breed egg, larva or other genetic material generated by the livestock.
24. “livestock breed and line production" means selecting and mating breeds or applying scientific methods and technical measures to create a new livestock breed or line.
25. “animal feed” means any raw or processed product given to domesticated animals including complete feed, concentrated feed, feed additives and traditional feed.
26. “complete feed" means a mixture of multiple feed ingredients compounded to create a nutritionally adequate feed capable of sustaining life and promoting production of domesticated animals over growth stages or production cycles without other feeds than water.
27. “concentrated feed” means a combination of animal feed ingredients of which the nutrition content is higher than nutritional need of a livestock and that is intended to be mixed with other feed ingredients to create a complete feed.
28. “feed additive" means any single ingredient or compound of multiple feed ingredients added to the feed ration for the purpose of balancing nutrients essential to domesticated animals, maintaining or improving characteristics of animal feed or improving livestock’s health or characteristics of animal products.
29. “traditional feed” means any agricultural, industrial or aquatic products undergoing processing that is used commonly by farming habits including grain, rice, bran, corn, potato, cassava, wine dreg, brewer's grain, cassava waste, pineapple waste, molasses, straw, grass, shrimp, crab, fish and other equivalent products.
30. “single ingredient” means any natural element or combined element used as ingredient in animal feed.
31. “commercial animal feed” means animal feed produced for trading purpose.
32. “main ingredient used in animal feeds” means a determinant of useful effects and attributes of animal feed.
33. “animal products” include meats, eggs, milk, bee's honey, beeswax, silkworm cocoons, swallow’s nests, bones, horns, claws, internal organs, hair, non-processed skin and other products made from domesticated animals.
Article 3. Principles for livestock breeding
1. Develop animal husbandry based upon the value chain and efficiently utilize potentials and advantages of breeding areas satisfying domestic and outbound demands.
2. Apply science and technology in livestock breeding with the aim of increasing productivity, quality, useful effects and competitive capacity of animal husbandry; ensuring food safety, disease resistance, environmental protection and dealing with climate change.
3. Preserve, utilize and develop local and precious and rare livestock gene sources in a logical manner; promptly get access to world breed genetic advance; combine modern breeding with traditional breeding and develop animal husbandry in consistent with ecoregions
4. Promote private sector involvement in livestock breeding; ensure harmony between State interests and benefits of organizations and individuals involved in husbandry development and equality among organizations, individuals and economic sectors in animal husbandry.
5. Satisfy the requirement for international integration and abide by international agreements to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory.
Article 4. State policies on animal husbandry
1. The State shall make investment in the following activities:
a) Basic statistic and investigation and establishment of animal husbandry database, assessment of livestock breeding and potentials thereof on an annual or 5-year basis; preparation of animal husbandry development strategies, market forecast, storage of animal products in certain period and formulation of standards and regulations on animal husbandry techniques;
b) Preservation of precious and rare livestock gene sources and local livestock breeds
2. The State shall provide funding for the following activities in each period according to state budget:
a) Study and application of science and technology in which priority is given to high, advanced and modern technology used for creating a breakthrough in animal husbandry; import and raising of original breeds;
b) Establishment of disease-free zones and biosecurity zones for livestock breeding; handling of breeding environment; development of good breeding practice models; relocation of breeding facilities from cities, district-level towns, commune-level towns or residential areas that are not permitted for livestock breeding.
c) Construction of infrastructure and equipment for scientific and technological research institutions and training institutions; development of high-qualified human resources, training in breeding profession, agriculture promotion in breeding in which priority is given to remote and isolated areas, ethnic minority areas, poor areas and severely poor areas;
dd) Creation and development of national animal products or main animal products and organic products; development of national animal product trade mark, construction of concentrated slaughter premises, wholesale markets and auction facilities for advertisement and consumption of livestock breeds and animal products; trade promotion and development of the market for animal product consumption;
dd) Assistance in livestock breeding and restoration of livestock breeds after natural disasters or epidemic as per law provisions
3. The State encourages entities to invest in activities specified in Clause 1 and 2 this Article and the following activities:
a) Operation of breeding farms or value chain-based livestock production and promotion of the role of enterprises, industry associations and cooperatives in development of livestock value chains;
b) Investment in high, advanced and modern technology for animal product slaughter, processing and maintenance and technology for treatment of livestock breeding waste as fertilizer and serving other purposes;
c) Investment in livestock insurance, improvement of capacity of performing experiments and assessment of conformity in animal husbandry
Article 5. Animal husbandry development strategies
1. The nationwide animal husbandry development strategy shall be formulated once every 10 years with visions towards 20 years in consistent with the socio-economic development strategy and strategy for agriculture and rural development.
2. Main contents of the animal husbandry development strategy include viewpoints, orientation, objectives, tasks, solutions, programs, schemes and implementation.
3. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall take charge and cooperate with other ministries, ministerial agencies and provincial People’s Committees in developing and sending such strategy to the Prime Minister or approval purpose.
Article 6. Scientific and technological activities in animal husbandry
1. State's priority shall be given to the following scientific and technological activities:
a) Scientific and technological research serving formulation and completion of regulatory and institutional framework, policies and laws on animal husbandry;
b) Basic research for application orientation, applied research, transfer of high, advanced and modern technology, production based upon livestock value chains with the aim of improving productivity, quality and food safety, protecting environment and dealing with climate change.
2. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall cooperate with the Ministry of Science and Technology in proposing and ordering scientific and technological tasks conformable to the animal husbandry development strategy in each period.
3. Provincial People’s Committees shall suggest and order scientific and technological tasks concerning animal husbandry in consistent with provincial socio-economic development strategies in each period.
4. Entities of ability may suggest or perform scientific and technological tasks concerning animal husbandry as per regulations in this Law, the Law on Science and Technology and the Law on Technology Transfer.
Article 7. Applying technology in animal husbandry
1. High, advanced and modern technology as well as hi-tech products are encouraged to be used in activities relating to livestock breeds, animal feed, livestock breeding and processing conditions and animal product market.
2. Every entity applying high, advanced or modern technology in livestock breeding shall be entitled to policies specified in Article 4 hereof and other relevant law provisions.
Article 8. Establishment of disease-free zones for livestock breeding
1. Any disease-free zone for livestock breeding must satisfy requirements applied for animal disease-free zones as per provisions of the Vietnam Law on Veterinary Medicine and international regulations and must be conformable to ecoregion conditions, regional advantages in connection with maintenance, processing and consumption of animal products.
2. Disease-free zones for livestock breeding must be established according to plans or planning on socio-economic development and schemes on development of disease-free zones for livestock breeding approved by provincial People’s Committees.
3. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development shall stipulate criteria for disease-free zones for livestock breeding and grant recognition of disease-free zones for livestock breeding.
Article 9. Cooperation and association in livestock production
1. Development of value chain-based cooperation and association in livestock breeding is required to ensure adequacy of animal products meeting food safety and quality regulations and market demands and to improve efficiency in production and trade as well as ensure harmony in interests of parties concerned.
2. Any organization or individual involved in cooperation or association in livestock production must enter into association contracts and shall be entitled to benefits from policies specified in Article 4 hereof and other relevant law provisions.
3. Various-level People’s Committees shall:
a) enable and help parties to negotiate, enter and execute the contract for association in livestock production and animal product consumption;
b) offer assistance in construction of infrastructure, logistics services and promotion of trade in animal products
Article 10. International cooperation in animal husbandry
1. Negotiate, sign and execute international agreements and practices on animal husbandry.
2. Provide training, scientific research, transfer of technology and information and experience exchange in animal husbandry.
3. Exchange precious and rare livestock gene sources, livestock breeds and varieties of plants used as animal feeds which have high productivity and quality and can adapt to climate change.
4. Cooperate in formulation and mutual recognition of the system for certification of livestock breeding quality.
Article 11. National animal husbandry database
1. National animal husbandry database refers to an animal husbandry-related information system which is developed in such a way that consistency from central to local levels is maintained and normalized and managed by information technology.
2. The national animal husbandry database includes:
a) Database of legislative documents on animal husbandry;
b) Database of livestock breeds, livestock gene sources, animal feeds and products for treatment of waste from livestock breeding;
c) Database of livestock breeding and/or processing facilities and animal product market;
d) Database of disease-free zones for livestock breeding;
dd) Other animal husbandry database
3. Organizations and individuals shall provide information, update and use national animal husbandry database as per law provisions.
4. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development shall issue regulations on update, use and management of national animal husbandry database.
Article 12. Prohibited acts in animal husbandry
1. Breeding operated in areas not permitted for livestock rearing in cities, district-level towns, commune-level towns and residential zones except for rearing for decoration purpose and laboratory breeding without environmental pollution.
2. Use of substances prohibited in animal husbandry
3. Use of antibiotics in animal feeds that are not veterinary medicine permitted to be circulated in Vietnam.
4. Use of antibiotics in animal feeds as growth stimulants.
5. Destruction or appropriation of livestock gene sources.
6. Illegal export of precious and rare livestock gene sources.
7. Import of animal products with prohibited substances in animal husbandry.
8. Import, trade and processing of products made from animals died of diseases or whose death is unexplained.
9. Illegal import, rearing, releasing or use of genetically modified animals and products thereof.
10. Coercive use or insertion of substances or objects or injection of water into domesticated animal body and products thereof for trade fraud purpose.
11. Collusion and cheating in quality experiments, testing, verification and announcement and certification of conformity in animal husbandry.
12. Discharge of waste from livestock breeding not undergoing treatment or not treated in a satisfactory manner to places for waste receipt as specified in the law on environmental protection.
13. Provide counterfeit information in declaration of animal husbandry for profiteering purpose.
14. Obstruction, destruction and encroachment of legal livestock breeding.
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