Lao, Chinese firms cooperate to boost cattle production

STORY: Lao, Chinese firms cooperate to boost cattle production DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing ceremony STORYLINE: The Intergrated Agricultural Joint Venture Co., Ltd. from Laos, Tianjin Ringpu Biotech Co., Ltd. from China, and China-ASEAN Innovative Academy for Major Animal Disease Control signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday. According to the MoU, the three parties will set up a joint venture of cattle production, establish technical standards for large-scale healthy breeding of cattle, set up a protocol of major animal disease prevention and control, as well as hygiene requirements in efforts to meet quarantine standards for export to China, and carry out industrial training programs. Under an intergovernmental agreement, Laos has been granted a quota of 500,000 cattle for export to China. According to data from the Lao Trade Portal website, China is a key purchaser of a