# Ninh Binh proactively protects livestock from the risk of overlapping epidemics.

> Ninh Binh province is tightening disease prevention for livestock as African swine fever and H5N1 avian influenza have appeared sporadically. Sixteen communes and wards still have unresolved ASF outbreaks, and H5N1 has been detected in six localities. The province has about 1.14 million pigs and 25.7 million poultry.

- Date: 2026-08-18 · published 2026-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Vietnam · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15884-ninh-binh-proactively-protects-livestock-from-the-risk-of-overlapping-epidemics
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Ongoing ASF and avian flu in a large Vietnamese pig and poultry base can reduce domestic supply and raise feed demand for imported grains and meals, a modest bullish signal for feed inputs.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-04-25 | [LIVESTOCK MARKETS: Poultry poised to be king of proteins](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59707-livestock-markets-poultry-poised-to-be-king-of-proteins.md) | -1.4% | +1.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-11-26 | [First Thing Today: Grain, livestock markets expected to face pressure from global risk-off trade after Thanksgiving - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11600-first-thing-today-grain-livestock-markets-expected-to-face-pressure-from-global.md) | -1.1% | +5.5% |
| HOGS | 2026-08-09 | [Strengthening prevention and control of three dangerous diseases in livestock.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15886-strengthening-prevention-and-control-of-three-dangerous-diseases-in-livestock.md) | -0.1% | -9.4% |
| HOGS | 2017-03-14 | [Bans on poultry product imports bear watching by U.S. livestock producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72134-bans-on-poultry-product-imports-bear-watching-by-u-s-livestock-producers.md) | -1.5% | -9.1% |
| HOGS | 2023-11-05 | [Looking straight at the truth and using all tools to prevent and control disease epidemics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16140-looking-straight-at-the-truth-and-using-all-tools-to-prevent-and-control.md) | +0.1% | -5.8% |
| SBM | 2026-10-27 | [Bird Flu Forces Depopulation of 934,600 Egg-Laying Hens in Clinton County, Illinois, the Nation's Largest Active Outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17126-bird-flu-forces-depopulation-of-934-600-egg-laying-hens-in-clinton-county.md) | -2.3% | — |
| SBM | 2026-10-22 | [The Birds Come Back: Korea's Avian Flu Season and the Price of an Egg \| The Ag Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17127-the-birds-come-back-korea-s-avian-flu-season-and-the-price-of-an-egg-the-ag.md) | -2.7% | — |
| SBM | 2026-06-25 | [Animal health epidemic intelligence report - Asia and the Pacific](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15900-animal-health-epidemic-intelligence-report-asia-and-the-pacific.md) | +0.6% | +7.0% |

## Sources

- vietnam.vn: https://www.vietnam.vn/en/ninh-binh-chu-dong-giu-an-toan-dan-vat-nuoi-truoc-nguy-co-dich-chong-dich

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