Seventy-three cows in Nhut Ninh Hamlet, Tan Tru District, and Hiep Thanh Hamlet, Chau Thanh District in southern Long An Province have contracted the disease, local animal health authorities said.

The local women’s union had unknowingly purchased cattle infected with foot-and-mouth cheaply from a cow trader to give to female union members experiencing financial hardship.

Foot-and-mouth disease has also broken out in the Central Highlands’ Kon Tum Province’s Ngoc Hoi and Dak Glei districts, threatening cattle from six local districts.

Reported by Quang Duan