The Vietnam Foodexpo 2022, one of the major exhibitions in the food industry, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 16, drawing nearly 400 businesses from 30 domestic localities and nearly 20 foreign countries and territories.
Vietnam should enhance cooperation between State management agencies and commodity associations to jointly build a value chain for Vietnam's livestock industry.
CPV Food Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the CP Vietnam Corporation, plans to ship the first lot of processed chicken to Japan within October after managing to meet all food safety and quarantine requirements in the market.
Vietnam holds huge potential for fruit production, but food safety requirements may be among the major challenges to the country’s export of the products.
A number of fruits grown in Vietnam have successfully entered high value and challenging markets and the country is constantly seeking ways to beef up its economic power via fruit exports.
Many key products of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh have entered the system of supermarkets and large commercial centres in Hanoi, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Vuong Dac Hung told a recent conference.
About 135 Danish firms have opened branch offices in Vietnam so far and the firms are actively contributing to the growth of various sectors including agriculture, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
Longan grown in the northwestern province of Son La will be served on in-flight meals on Vietnam Airlines flights under an agreement signed on August 2 between local cooperatives and the Noi Bai Catering Services Joint Stock Company (NCS) and Vietnam Air Catering Services Joint Stock Company (VINACS).
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has proposed the Government upgrade the city’s Food Safety Management Board into a department six years after its establishment to enable the board to perform its tasks optimally.
Multiple areas in the capital city of Hanoi have been applying science and technology into agricultural production, shifting the sector towards organic to enhance food safety.
The General Administration of Customs (GAC) of China has just approved the pilot import of Vietnamese passion fruits from July 1, according to the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam).
Despite production and market difficulties due to the pandemic and climate change, many districts, firms and organisations in Hanoi's agricultural sector have remained strong thanks to the application of science and information technology.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced on June 13 that the EU has officially removed all types of Vietnamese noodles from the list of products requiring additional food safety certificates.
Efforts in food safety control, including the establishment of a task force granting food safety certificates to noodles, have won recognition from the EU, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Vietnam’s aquatic product exports to China are expected to rise positively this year, said Nong Duc Lai, Commercial Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in China.
The US Food Safety and Inspection Service under the US Department of Agriculture has just recognized 6 more Vietnamese tra fish processing factories that are eligible to export their products to the US market.
Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Dr. Tran Thi Nhi Ha on May 11 checked food services at Daewoo and Lotte hotels where SEA Games 31 athletes and officials are staying, and how the hotels handle food safety issues, according to the Organising Committee for SEA Games 31.
Medical services have been readied for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), with good control of COVID-19 pandemic and competent personnel and equipment for the biggest regional sports event, according to the national organising committee for SEA Games 31.
Business
