Vietnam has emerged as a significant market for U.S. leg quarters and feet receiving 132,552 metric tons of product valued at $127 million shipped over the first nine months of 2020. Possibly following the lead of China, the Ministry of Health in Vietnam is considering imposing COVID-19 surveillance on packaging and meat products imported to the nation.
Vietnam reacted to the emergence of COVID-19 with prompt and effective control involving obligatory quarantine and lock-downs. The nation of 96 million has recorded only 1,300 confirmed cases and 35 fatalities. As with China public health officials are concerned over reintroduction of infection.