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In 2025, Vietnam’s livestock industry faced mounting challenges from disease outbreaks and volatile input costs. Yet, the poultry sector maintained relatively stable growth, emerging as a bright spot in agricultural production across many localities.
Professional assessments confirmed that the national poultry population continued to expand. This growth was fueled by steady consumer demand and the accelerated adoption of biosecure farming models.
Many localities reorganized production into closed-chain linkages, integrating breeding stock, feed supply, farming, slaughtering, processing, and consumption. These efforts enhanced product value while reducing risks for farmers.
Scaling up and transitioning to concentrated farming
Several provinces recorded notable growth in poultry numbers in 2025:
- Can Tho: +12.7%
- Gia Lai: +7.8%
- Thanh Hoa: +6.9%
- Nghe An: +6.8%
- Quang Ngai: +5.9%
These results highlight a clear transition from small-scale household farming to more concentrated farm and semi-industrial operations. The gradual application of technological advances and improved disease management supported this shift.
Poultry enterprises and cooperatives also played a pivotal role in organizing production. Offtake contracts, provision of inputs, and technology transfer gave farmers greater confidence to invest. Over time, these measures helped form concentrated production zones that meet requirements for traceability and food safety.
Strengthening disease prevention for sustainable growth
Despite this encouraging progress, poultry farming continues to face disease risks, particularly avian influenza. By end-2025, outbreaks occurred sporadically in several localities, including Ninh Binh, Quang Ngai, and Khanh Hoa. These cases underscored the urgent need for stronger surveillance, early warning systems, and timely responses from authorities.
Farmers are currently focused on restocking and expanding poultry flocks to meet rising consumer demand during holidays and the Lunar New Year. To ensure sustainable development, authorities recommend continued vaccination programs, strict biosecurity measures, and tighter control over slaughtering, transportation, and trading. These steps aim to protect farmers’ livelihoods and safeguard public health.