In Vietnam, pig production is the most important component of the livestock sector. New technology transfer in livestock production contributes to increased productivity, quality and this also leads to a decrease in the unit production cost. However, in reality a group of farmers still hesitates to adopt a new livestock fanning practices. Objectives of this study are to (i) assess current status of technology adoption in pig production in Northern provinces of Vietnam and (ii) provide some policy recommendations to accelerate technology transfer process in livestock production in general and pig farming in particular. Results reveal that adoption growth rate during the period from 2000-2010 for the smallholder pig fann group (93.1 percent) is higher than that of the commercial pig fann group (21.0 percent). Adopter group has larger pig income from pig production than non-adopter and giving-up adoption fann groups. Reasons for not adopting new pig farming practices are lack of investment funds and complicated techniques. It was also found that the most important momentum for the adoption for both pig farmer grpups is necessary followed by access to training on new technologies for the smallholder farms and new technology appropriation for the commercial pig fanners. The commercial pig farming group is more likely to adopt new technology than is smallholder farm groups. Based on the current status assessment, the article recommends some groups of policy recommendations for research, transfer and farmers.