Top pork eater gobbles more imported feed for expanding pig herd

Hanoi

THE people of Vietnam are eating so much more pork these days that the country has become one of the world's biggest importers of the soyabean meal it needs to feed an ever-expanding herd of pigs.

New feed mills are being built by foreign companies including commodity giant Cargill Inc and domestic conglomerates such as steelmaker Hoa Phat Group JSC, all hoping to profit as meat becomes a bigger part of daily diets.