June 17, 2026
 

Hanoi, Vietnam plans 128 concentrated livestock zones as city phases out small-scale farming

The push to relocate production away from residential areas includes a proposed 220-hectare multi-storey pig complex with BAF Vietnam in Bat Bat commune.

 

Hanoi plans 128 concentrated livestock zones as city phases out small-scale farming

 

The push to relocate production away from residential areas includes a proposed 220-hectare multi-storey pig complex with BAF Vietnam in Bat Bat commune.

 

Hanoi's Department of Agriculture and Environment has planned 128 concentrated livestock farming areas across the city as part of a strategy to phase out small-scale farming in residential zones, according to the city's livestock, fisheries and veterinary authority.

 

The city's current herd stands at nearly 140,000 buffaloes and cattle, nearly 1.4 million pigs and over 40 million poultry, supplying more than 450,000 tonnes of meat annually, according to data from the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment. The 128 planned zones comprise 11 dairy farming areas, 67 areas for breeding and beef cattle, 106 pig farming areas and 98 poultry farming areas, developed under Decision No. 4537/QD-UBND.

 

Nguyen Dinh Dang, Head of the Hanoi Department of Livestock, Fisheries and Veterinary Medicine, said the department has proposed concentrated livestock farming development across 24 communes in 2026, in alignment with Hanoi's long-term capital city planning. He said the city's direction is to gradually reduce and eventually eliminate small-scale livestock farming in residential areas, replacing it with concentrated and farm-based production linked into integrated chains covering production, slaughter, processing and consumption under strict food safety control.

 

Among the projects under this strategy, the department has worked with BAF Vietnam Agricultural Joint Stock Company on a proposal for a high-tech, multi-storey indoor livestock complex in Bat Bat commune, covering approximately 220 hectares. Truong Sy Ba, Chairman of BAF Vietnam, said the model would operate as a closed-loop investment with a modern production line spanning breeding stock through to commercial pigs, reducing land use, feed consumption and labour costs compared with traditional farming while addressing environmental concerns.

 

Do Quang Trung, Secretary of the Bat Bat Commune Party Committee, said the locality has coordinated with BAF Vietnam on site surveys and currently holds a land fund of approximately 200 hectares suited to the project. Ta Van Tuong, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment, said the proposal is feasible and aligns with the city's livestock development plan.

 

The department has identified slaughter and processing as a key step in restructuring the sector, linked to food safety assurance and sustainable development, and said it will continue to develop land and administrative policy mechanisms to support closed-loop supply chains from raw material sourcing through to processing and distribution, with an eye toward meeting export standards.

 

- Ha Noi Moi