HANOI, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is likely to zone off concentrated breeding areas, and apply advanced technologies in breeding for the sustainable development of its poultry industry, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Tuesday.

    The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has suggested that poultry breeding and concentrated breeding areas should be zoned off, and farm-applied breeding methods should be strictly adopted.

    Vietnam now houses 2,837 poultry farms that produce some 400,000 tons of fowl meat and 4-5 billion eggs each year, according to the Vietnam Poultry Breeders' Association.

    The poultry sector is now behind the pork industry in meat output, but up to 70 percent of farms are run by households where the application of new technologies and veterinary standards are not given adequate attention.