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Japan’s Mos Food Services Inc. has teamed up with the US food technology startup Impossible Foods Inc. to offer plant-based burger patties in Singapore, becoming the first major fast-food chain to introduce them in the city-state.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged Ho Chi Minh City to boost the application of high technology in tracing the origins of food products as a way to gradually change the habits of production and consumption to improve awareness of food safety.

A food chain project has been carried out in Ho Chi Minh City, helping ensure food safety and hygiene in the locality.

The roundtable entitled “Belgian Food Safety Agency’s Experience” took place in Hanoi on May 13 to share Belgian experience on food safety policies.

More than 140 investors from local and overseas markets will participate in the initial public offering (IPO) of the Vietnam Meat Industries Limited Company (Vissan) on March 7.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has chosen Hoc Mon Wholesale Market and Ben Thanh Market to implement a pilot food-safety market model, according to a report in Tuoi Tre newspaper.

Jollibee has begun franchising in Vietnam, marking a new strategy in the country for the Philippine fast food chain.