Policy to support overcoming animal diseases

The Decree stipulates policies: Support for production facilities with animals and animal products that must be destroyed due to animal diseases on the List of animal diseases that must be declared or the List of diseases transmitted between animals and humans or diseases caused by new infectious agents appearing in Vietnam's territory as determined by law; support for people participating in overcoming animal diseases.

Accordingly, the State supports part of the damage caused by animal diseases, without compensation. Support is implemented publicly, transparently, promptly, with sufficient conditions, to the right subjects, at the right rate, in accordance with the actual conditions of the locality, without allowing policy exploitation, negativity, or waste.

Support conditions

Production facilities with animals and animal products that must be destroyed due to animal diseases as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 1 of this Decree and fall into one of the following cases:

In case of declared epidemic: There are animals and animal products that must be destroyed according to the provisions of law in epidemic areas, areas threatened by epidemics, and buffer zones.

In cases where the conditions for declaring an epidemic are not met: There are animals and animal products at the first outbreak that have tested positive for a disease on the List of animal diseases that must be declared or the List of diseases transmitted between animals and humans, or animals at the next outbreak in the same commune-level area (according to regulations of law on local government organization) are concluded by the competent authority to have the disease, showing signs of having the disease for the disease that tested positive at the first outbreak;

For cases of new diseases appearing in Vietnam but not yet meeting the conditions for epidemic declaration: There must be a document from a competent authority in accordance with the provisions of the law on veterinary medicine confirming the new infectious agent.

Support level for production facilities

For terrestrial animal production facilities: Buffalo, cow, horse, goat: 50,000 VND/kg live weight; Sheep, sika deer: 55,000 VND/kg live weight; Pig: 40,000 VND/kg live weight; Chicken, duck, goose, pigeon: 35,000 VND/kg live weight; Quail: 20,000 VND/kg live weight; Ostrich: 50,000 VND/kg live weight; Poultry eggs (chicken, duck, goose, goose, pigeon, quail, ostrich): 20,000 VND/kg.

For aquatic animal production facilities:

Lobster seeds: 10,000 VND/each;

Shrimp seeds (white leg shrimp, black tiger shrimp) from the postlarvae stage of 12 or more: VND 10,000,000/01 million shrimp;

Fish seeds (sea fish, pangasius, traditional fish, tilapia, cold water fish): 10,000 VND/kg;

Extensive black tiger shrimp farming area (rice-shrimp farming, ecological shrimp farming, forest shrimp farming, combined shrimp farming): 9,000,000 VND/ha;

Area for black tiger shrimp farming (semi-intensive, intensive): 12,000,000 VND/ha;

White-leg shrimp farming area: 20,000,000 VND/ha (stocking density from 50 - 100 shrimp/m2); 30,000,000 VND/ha (stocking density from over 100 - 250 shrimp/m2); 50,000,000 VND/ha (stocking density from over 250 shrimp/m2);

Area for traditional fish farming, native fish species: 10,000,000 VND/ha;

Intensive pangasius farming area: 50,000,000 VND/ha;

Intensive tilapia farming area: 30,000,000 VND/ha;

Cold water fish (sturgeon, salmon) farmed intensively: 20,000 VND/kg;

Freshwater aquaculture in cages and rafts: VND 5,000/kg;

Cage and raft farmed seafood: 10,000 VND/kg.

Support for participants in overcoming animal diseases

The Decree clearly states that the support conditions for people participating in overcoming animal diseases are that they must be assigned or mobilized in writing by competent state agencies or units.

Regarding the support level, the Decree stipulates: People who do not receive salaries from the state budget, during the time they are mobilized to participate in animal disease prevention and control, will be supported with: 400,000 VND/person/day for working days; 500,000 VND/person/day for days off, holidays, and Tet.

People receiving salaries from the state budget, during the assigned time, mobilized to participate in animal disease prevention and control are supported: 150,000 VND/person/day for working days; 300,000 VND/person/day for days off, holidays, and Tet.

The above regulations take effect from July 25, 2025.

Source: https://baohanam.com.vn/kinh-te/nong-nghiep/chinh-sach-ho-tro-khac-phuc-dich-benh-dong-vat-165336.html