30/07/2008
Source: Viet Nam News
VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of cattle are brought into Vietnam from Cambodia every day, at the risk of exposing the population to possible diseases as most are believed to be not thoroughly quarantined, officials have warned.
The high demand for red meat in urban areas is in part to blame for the surge in smuggling, according to Pham Van Son, head of the My Quy Tay Commune’s People’s Committee in Long An Province.
He says that most cattle imported from Cambodia are shipped to big cities like HCM City and adjacent areas.
"It is hard to manage the number of cattle in the area since people trade them as their assets all the time," Son says.
The southwest border area, especially Tri Ton and Tinh Bien Districts of An Giang Province, has the biggest market for smuggled cattle.
Most cattle transported to Vietnam from Cambodia are bought at low prices from family farms unable to raise livestock due to a drought and lack of grass this year, according to Binh Co, a resident near the Tinh Bien border.
More and more people are lured by the high profit margins of VND200,000–250,000 (US$12.50-16.30) from smuggling an animal.
Smugglers usually drive small herds of cattle on foot or larger herds by boat past the border at night.
Others take advantage of the government’s policy on free goods exchange at border gates to import cattle.
Upon being discovered, smugglers tell border agents they had fed the herd in neighbouring fields and were driving them home, Binh says.
Smugglers began to expand operations to border areas like An Giang or Dong Thap provinces – places with sporadic market management.
An official from Long An Province’s Animal Health Agency admits that the situation is out of control.
Animal Health Agencies do not have the right to hold cattle if they are healthy, which is an advantage for smugglers, says Duong Minh Phi, deputy director of Long An Province’s Animal Health Agency.
Given the current influx of imported cattle, Phi says he is not sure if all of them are really healthy.
The high demand for red meat in urban areas is in part to blame for the surge in smuggling, according to Pham Van Son, head of the My Quy Tay Commune’s People’s Committee in Long An Province.
He says that most cattle imported from Cambodia are shipped to big cities like HCM City and adjacent areas.
"It is hard to manage the number of cattle in the area since people trade them as their assets all the time," Son says.
The southwest border area, especially Tri Ton and Tinh Bien Districts of An Giang Province, has the biggest market for smuggled cattle.
Most cattle transported to Vietnam from Cambodia are bought at low prices from family farms unable to raise livestock due to a drought and lack of grass this year, according to Binh Co, a resident near the Tinh Bien border.
More and more people are lured by the high profit margins of VND200,000–250,000 (US$12.50-16.30) from smuggling an animal.
Smugglers usually drive small herds of cattle on foot or larger herds by boat past the border at night.
Others take advantage of the government’s policy on free goods exchange at border gates to import cattle.
Upon being discovered, smugglers tell border agents they had fed the herd in neighbouring fields and were driving them home, Binh says.
Smugglers began to expand operations to border areas like An Giang or Dong Thap provinces – places with sporadic market management.
An official from Long An Province’s Animal Health Agency admits that the situation is out of control.
Animal Health Agencies do not have the right to hold cattle if they are healthy, which is an advantage for smugglers, says Duong Minh Phi, deputy director of Long An Province’s Animal Health Agency.
Given the current influx of imported cattle, Phi says he is not sure if all of them are really healthy.
10 comments:
Now, we heard complaints from Thailand and Vietnam.
What's next Lao going to complain about Cambodia.
Just sell them to the local market.
Ah yuon just want to impress the gallery.
khmer are so poor and do what like to do to save their children lives.
Now on khmer are living with fear and no hope to gain better life .all khmer are fighting our right to our mother land.
Unbelievable,
Fucking Youns complaining illegal import of cattle from cambodia.
How about your fucking illegal Youns comming to Cambodia by a million? I personally think that we Khmer should quarantine the illegal Youns by Hitler's method.
Wake up Khmers in Cambodia! No more Nice...Nice...to Youns and Thais, Chase them out of Cambodia Now!!!!
Regards,
KhmerNY
Remember of all these folks:
-When a man is ignorant, you can't JUST say that he is so stupid or should be as ignorant as he is.you got to know THE ROOTS OF THE CAUSES. "Solution" show him a better routine of life, set good role model for him. It's like you bring lights for where the darkness definetely occupie a place. There are few people can exploit from the darkness, BUT THERE IS A MUCH LARGER MARGIN OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED AND YOU THINK THEY DON DO A DAMN WHEN THEY SEE ONLY FEW OF THEM EXPLOIT AND LIVE HAPPILY FROM THE ADVANTAGES??????
-Prove that you can do any better than the olds. You can't only sit and watch people suffer and curse the people; they don deserve to receive all this much suffering, yet coz no-one can appear to lead any better-you need to bring and feed on CREATIVITY to guide and lead the poeple for better routine of living!!!!!
-Show your good intention and educate poeple in decent and effective methods of leading and having more quality living rather than just exploiting from the suffering of the people. "Do not just sit and exploit from the situations". "You don't just wait for the chance, rather go after it".
I hope u folks can share more of these practical ideas to help better shape our country to become a really civilized Country in this modern time!!!!!
God Blesses Camboida!!!!!!!!!
The Vietnamese will not object to illegal crossing of black dogs and cats-remember that:)
Food is food. If they want to run low on meat then they can munch out on dogs and rats.
Open your eyes! Vietnam doesn't even let Khmer cattle crossing its border, while the CPP let and facilitate Vietnamese people crossing the border to Cambodia.
However we share the same food, my little brother cambodge
Start thankful Thailand and Vietnam,Stop complaining; Because China maybe have to fix this kind of problem Now or after Olympic Games.China want to show the world that China can do good thing too.
May God bless the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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