According to the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment, in August 2025, the city had about 701 livestock and poultry slaughtering facilities, mostly small-scale. After many directives, the number of small-scale facilities has decreased significantly, showing that the problem can be addressed if drastically, well organized and consensus is created from the grassroots level.
Notably, Hanoi has had some initial effective models. In Phuc Loc commune, a temporary centralized slaughtering point has received 24 households, completely ending the situation of small-scale slaughtering.
In Tran Phu commune, 2 temporary centralized slaughterhouses have received 39 households. Tran Phu Commune People's Committee requested to stop small-scale slaughtering before June 30, 2026; after this deadline, they will inspect, fine and confiscate products of unknown origin.
The temporary centralized slaughtering model is assessed to be replicable. The Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment has agreed to select 80 temporary facilities, and at the same time proposed to add 27 facilities to the city's centralized slaughtering network.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Vietnam Livestock Association - affirmed that the construction of centralized slaughterhouses is considered an inevitable trend, which cannot be delayed. When livestock and poultry are brought into facilities that meet the conditions, have veterinary control, have a waste treatment system and clear operating procedures, the quality of food after slaughter will be improved. At the same time, the city is also more convenient in tracing origins, controlling diseases and handling violations.
According to Mr. Do Quoc Phan - Deputy Head of the Sub-Department of Livestock, Fisheries and Veterinary Medicine of Hanoi, localities are drastically eliminating small-scale slaughterhouses, putting slaughtering activities into temporarily centralized facilities with control. The city strives to eliminate small-scale slaughtering activities that do not ensure regulations on veterinary medicine, food safety and environment before June 30.
However, difficulties still exist due to small-scale farming and slaughtering practices; the habit of favoring fresh meat and the ease of a part of consumers with food of unknown origin.
In the coming time, the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment will continue to strengthen control at the circulation and consumption stages, promote the development of linkage chains between slaughterhouses - markets - distribution systems, build and apply mandatory traceability mechanisms for animal products circulating on the market.
In particular, continue to study and improve the economic mechanism in the field of slaughtering, study slaughter service prices in a reasonable direction, create motivation to encourage small-scale slaughterhouses to switch to operating at centralized slaughterhouses. At the same time, support slaughterhouses belonging to the network, fully meeting the conditions on veterinary hygiene, food safety and environment to enjoy policies according to the regulations of the City People's Committee.
In August 2025, Hanoi had 701 livestock and poultry slaughtering facilities, including 9 industrial facilities, 26 semi-industrial facilities and 666 small-scale facilities. By April 2026, the number of small-scale slaughtering facilities decreased by 101 facilities, to 565 facilities. The city has 29 facilities planned into a centralized slaughtering network.
Currently, about 65% of the livestock and poultry slaughtered each day is controlled by veterinarians, including an average of 50,000 poultry, 5,000 pigs and 450 buffaloes and cows.
