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Hundreds of food inspectors often start their work when Hanoi sleeps, working to ensure food safety and hygiene for consumers.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Food Safety Management Board has inspected Thu Duc agriculture wholesale market for food safety.

JICA signed a grant agreement with Vietnam on October 17 to provide over 1.2 billion JPY for a project to enhance laboratory capacity of the Reference Testing and Agrifood Quality Consultancy (RETAQ) Centre, helping Vietnam better ensure safety of agricultural and fishery products as food.

The health authority in the central province of Quang Nam has played an active role in ensuring food safety and environmental sanitation, and preventing disease outbreaks ahead of a series of APEC events held in the province from October 18 to November 11.