Law No.32/2018/QH14 on Animal Husbandry.

This Law provides for raising of livestock, rights and obligations of organizations and individuals involved in animal husbandry and state management in animal husbandry.
Livestock gene sources shall be managed by the State in a consistent manner (art.3). Any organization or individual demanding exchange of precious and rare livestock gene sources shall send an application for exchange to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for approval (art.16). Study, selection, creation, experiment, production, trade, use, release, international exchange of genetically modified livestock and relevant activities must comply with law provisions on biodiversity. Organizations and individuals shall be permitted to conduct study on livestock cloning as per law provisions (art.17). Article 19 provides for the list of livestock breeds in need of conservation and prohibited from export. Regarding imported domestic animal breeds and domestic animal breed products, the Law requires their origin, quality and purposes of breed propagation and creation to be certified in writing by competent authorities of exporting countries. These breeds and products are also subject to declaration of their applicable standards and quarantine in accordance with the law on animal health. According to Article 8 of the Law, epidemic-free animal husbandry zones must satisfy the requirements on animal epidemic-free zones prescribed by Vietnam’s law on animal health and relevant provisions of international law. They must also be suitable to conditions of different eco-regions and regional advantages associated with product preservation, processing and sale.
The Law further makes provisions, inter allia, for: animal feeds; conditions aplied for livestock breeding facilities and treatment of livestock wastes; breeding of other animals and humane treatment of domesticated animals; trading in, processing of animal products; measures for the state management and supervision in animal husbandry.