Pigs in high-risk regions in the south would be prioritised for vaccination, Ky said.
If the vaccines prove safe and effective, they would be put into wider use, he added.
Department inspectors visited Guangdong, China, where the vaccine has seen success in preventing the spread of the disease in several southern Chinese provinces.
This was the fifth vaccine against blue-ear disease to be piloted in Viet Nam, Ky noted, and it was expected to show greater effectiveness.
The disease has been largely kept out of HCM City so far, thanks to strict control of transportation and slaughter of sick pigs.
Nguyen Phuoc Trung, deputy director of HCM City's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, warned, however, that the disease could still break out following the recently culling of swine belonging to 22 households in District 12. The city has offered financial support of VND25,000 per kg of live pigs to 11 households.
Phan Xuan Thao, head of the HCM City Animal Health Department, said blue-ear disease had mostly struck small-household farms with inadequate facilities to ensure sanitation.
The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to donate 25,000 litres of disinfectant to the southern provinces of Soc Trang, Tien Giang and Long An to help halt the spread of the disease.
Blue-ear disease has been reported in 27 out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide, mostly in the south. Figures from the Department of Animal Health showed that 56,810 pigs had contracted the disease and that 27,000 pigs had been culled.
Pigs raised using industrial methods were safe, and consumers did not need to avoid pork products, said Thao. — VNS
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