Poultry, livestock industry face disaster from TPP       The Vietnam Centre for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) said the poultry and livestock industry will be hardest hit by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).   Farms in Vietnam are mostly small Nguyen Duc Thanh, head of the VEPR, said animal feed and medicines are imported, and farms in Vietnam are mostly household-sized and cannot compete on the global stage. Chicken meat and pork prices in Vietnam are higher than other countries. Thanh said that even with a 20 percent tax on imported meats, competition against domestic producers was still at an advantage, and the local poultry and livestock industry might disappear if import taxes were removed. Statistics from the Department of Livestock, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, showed that in the first five months of 2015, Vietnam imported 2,032 tonnes of pork, up 46,6 percent on a year earlier. Tong Xuan Chinh, deputy head of the Department of Livestock, said, "Some industries will enjoy opportunities while others will face challenges during the integration process. The ministry is prepared to face the challenges with suitable policies."        dtinews.vn