At the end of October and according to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam had about 3.0 to 4.0% more pigs on farm as compared to last year at this time (farmers are beginning to expand the herd, preparing for the Lunar New Year in mid-February). Currently in Vietnam, livestock conditions are favourable as diseases are not a large problem and the pork production is a relatively well developed market with stable demand and reasonable profits. With the signing of TPP, many larger farms are looking at restructuring towards further integration.

The total projected number of pigs for 2015 is approximately 27.2 million pigs (on-farm) and approximately 3.923 million sows. Total meat output will be 4.782 million tonnes of which pork will be 3.449 million tonnes (around 72% of total meat is pork). For 2016, it is estimated that 27.5 million pigs with 3.905 million sows (marginal increase in pigs with marginal decrease in sows) will be on the farms. Total meat production will reach 5.009 million tonnes of which pork will be 3.603 million tonnes (still pork continues to be around 72% of the total meat supply).

Recently, pork prices in the southern provinces tended to rise slightly as the supply sold by local pork producers was lower than before. The demand for pork in the marketplace remains high. In the Dong Nai region (near Ho Chi Minh), the market pig price increased approximately 1,000 VND/kg ($ 0.045 USD/kg-$ 0.02 USD/lb.) to around 44,000 VND/kg ($1.99USD/kg-$ 0.90USD/lb.) and in the Southern region to the level corresponding to 43,000 VND/kg to 45,500 VND/kg ($ 1.945 to $ 2.06USD/kg-$ 0.88 to $ 0.93USD/lb). The price in the northern region ranged from 46,000 to 49,000 VND/kg ($ 2.08 to $ 2.22USD/kg-$ 0.94 to $ 1.01USD/lb.).