With the drastic involvement of the Party Committee, authorities, and functional agencies, disease prevention tasks are being carried out early and proactively, focusing on zoning, handling outbreaks, and raising public awareness.

On April 17, Mường Luân commune announced an outbreak of African Swine Fever in the area. Initially appearing in Pá Khôm and Phiêng Muông villages, the disease spread to Na Ản, Co Củ, Na Lại, and Na Ngua in less than 10 days, affecting 29 livestock households with a total weight of destroyed pigs exceeding 3,500 kg.

Nguyễn Trọng Huế, Chairman of the Mường Luân commune People’s Committee, stated that immediately after detecting the disease, the commune urgently established a Steering Committee for African Swine Fever prevention and control, assigning specific tasks to each member to ensure clear responsibilities. The commune maximized resources to implement anti-epidemic measures as regulated, allowing the locality to be proactive in management, from zoning and culling infected pigs to controlling transport and increasing communication for residents. Functional forces, including the police, military, veterinary staff, and mass organizations, have been actively mobilized for the prevention work.

Lò Văn Biên, Deputy Director of the Mường Luân commune General Service Center, noted that they have intensified supervision, sampling for testing, and guiding residents in disinfection and bio-safe farming practices. They are coordinating with local facilities to thoroughly handle outbreaks to prevent further spread, ensuring the culling of infected pigs is strictly performed according to protocols to guarantee environmental safety and minimize infection risks.

To prevent the further spread of the disease, the provincial People’s Committee recently directed the Department of Agriculture and Environment to coordinate with People’s committees of communes and wards to monitor and sample the virus strains circulating in the province. Since September 2025, specialized agencies have collected and tested 44 samples, resulting in 34 positives for the African Swine Fever virus. Among these, 29 samples tested positive for the recombinant genotype I+II virus strain, accounting for 85.3%, while 5 samples were positive for the genotype II strain, representing 14.7%.

Although the situation remains complex, the drastic direction from the Party Committee and authorities, combined with the synchronous involvement of functional sectors and public consensus, has led to positive initial results in the province’s disease prevention efforts. Solutions focusing on zoning, culling, transport control, and disinfection, integrated with awareness-raising at the grassroots level, have proven effective in blocking the spread.

To increase awareness, mass organizations and local authorities have actively encouraged farmers to promptly declare sick or abnormally dead pigs, avoiding concealment of outbreaks or the illegal sale of diseased animals. Additionally, focus has been placed on implementing support policies for farmers whose pigs were culled to help reduce difficulties and stabilize production.

Coordination between departments, sectors, and local authorities has become increasingly tight, creating an effective prevention network from the provincial to the grassroots level. Since the beginning of the year, the province has recorded African Swine Fever across 256 livestock households in 91 villages within 12 communes and wards, with a total of 1,545 infected pigs and over 68,000 kg destroyed. Thanks to the drastic actions of the authorities, three communes have gone 21 days without new outbreaks, and two of them have declared the end of the epidemic.

In the coming time, the risk of disease remains present, requiring all levels, sectors, and citizens to remain vigilant. Maintaining serious, flexible, and effective prevention measures will be the decisive factor in preventing a widespread outbreak and protecting the livelihoods of the people.