Vietnam reissues bird flu poultry breeding ban

Vietnam's prime minister has reissued a poorly-observed ban on poultry breeding in cities, the government said Thursday, amid fears of new bird flu outbreaks in the coming winter season.

Nguyen Tan Dung also urged a shift from backyard farms to industrial poultry raising and hatching, and he urged local authorities to raise public vigilance about the killer virus, the government said on its official website.