According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, total import turnover of meat, meat products, and edible animal by-products after slaughter in 2025 was estimated at $1.95 billion, up 11.6 percent year on year.

Cumulative data through the end of November 2025 show that Vietnam mainly imported poultry meat and edible offal under HS group 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen, accounting for 18.06 percent; buffalo meat at 31.1 percent; pork at nearly 21.6 percent; edible by-products after slaughter of pigs, buffaloes, and cattle at 12.8 percent; beef at 13.7 percent; and other products at 2.77 percent of total import value.

India remained the largest supplier of meat and meat products to Vietnam, accounting for nearly 18.9 percent of total national meat and meat product imports, with a volume of 168,100 tonnes and a value of about $601.8 million, down 4 percent in volume but up 3.6 percent in value compared with the same period in 2024.

Russia, Brazil, the US, and Australia were also major suppliers of meat and animal post-slaughter by-products to Vietnam. Specifically, imports from Russia increased by 70.1 percent in volume and 72.3 percent in value; imports from Brazil increased by 51.3 percent in volume and 70.8 percent in value compared to the same period in 2024.

The imports became a large source of supply for the domestic market over the past year, especially for pork products.

Despite large imports, in December 2025, the price of live hogs in the domestic market continued to escalate and exceeded the VND70,000/kg mark. Live hog prices in the Northern region jumped to VND68,000-VND69,000/kg in December from VND53,000-55,000/kg in late November, even reaching VND71,000/kg at times.

On the last day of December, live hog prices in the Central and Central Highlands regions fluctuated from VND64,000-VND68,000/kg, a sharp increase of VND14,000/kg compared to the end of November.

Live hog prices in the Southern region also rose from the level of VND52,000-VND55,000/kg to VND61,000-VND65,000/kg.

In the early days of 2026, farm-gate live hog prices fluctuated slightly but remained anchored at VND62,000-VND69,000/kg.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in the first 11 months of 2025, Vietnam had to cull more than 1.23 million pigs due to African Swine Fever. In many localities, pig farming is gradually recovering after the epidemic. However, in Central provinces, the repopulation process still faces many difficulties due to the heavy impact of prolonged rain and floods, which narrowed the farming scale and disrupted production.

Tam An