More than 5,100 swiftlet houses being built

Vietnam Swiftlet Farmer’s Association-VSFA said there is around 5,167 houses which have been built for breeding swifts in 39 provinces and cities throughout the country by the end of 2016.

Photo for illustration (Photo: Thai Thien).

The area of the swift-breeding industry is more than one million square meters with 6 million birds, producing about 42 tones of nest annually, excluding  the amount of salangane nests on the islands in 7 provinces of around 6 tones per year.

Photo for illustration (Photo: Thai Thien).

The swift-breeding industry is expected to reach 250-300 tones a year with 11,000 houses in 2022.

The report also showed that most of firms do not meet the standards of exporting  in overseas markets.

(Source: SGGP)