Vietnam — Law on Animal Husbandry No. 32/2018/QH14 (feed provisions)
Primary source (first-hand, landed): *Law on Animal Husbandry No. 32/2018/QH14*, National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, promulgated in Hanoi on 19 November 2018. Official English translation obtained 2026-08-18 via Tavily server-side extract of the FAOLEX (FAO, UN) deposit. The Law is the framework statute for livestock; its feed-related definitions form the legal basis for animal feed, which overlaps with pet food. Verbatim C1-checked excerpts below.
Key facts (verbatim from the Law)
- "LAW ON ANIMAL HUSBANDRY"
- "This Law provides for raising of livestock, rights and obligations of organizations and individuals involved in animal husbandry and state management in animal husbandry."
- "means any raw or processed product given to domesticated animals including complete feed, concentrated feed, feed additives and traditional feed."
- "means a mixture of multiple feed ingredients compounded to create a nutritionally adequate feed capable of sustaining life and promoting production of domesticated animals over growth stages or production cycles without other feeds than water."
- "Hanoi, November 19, 2018"
Relevance to pet food
Vietnam's *Law on Animal Husbandry* defines the core feed vocabulary — animal feed (any raw or processed product given to domesticated animals, including complete feed, concentrated feed, feed additives and traditional feed) and complete feed (a nutritionally adequate mixture sustaining life and production without other feeds than water). Although the Law is livestock-oriented, these definitions are the statutory baseline for animal feed in Vietnam, the category into which processed pet food falls. Decree/circular-level pet-food-specific rules sit beneath this framework.
Honest gaps
- Only the title, scope and the two feed definitions (Articles 25–26) are reproduced verbatim; the Law's remaining feed-safety, labelling and registration chapters were not exhaustively quoted.
- Subordinate pet-food-specific regulations (decrees/circulars on pet food registration and labelling) were not obtained this session and remain pending.