Vietnam teams up with Netherlands, WB in food safety
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam seeks to enhance food safety management with
support of the Netherlands and the World Bank (WB), announced the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on November 10.
At
a ceremony to announce the memorandum of understanding on sustainable
agricultural and food sector development, Vietnam expressed hope to increase
cooperation with the Netherlands and the WB in evaluating risks of food safety.
Projects
and activities will be launched under the cooperation to improve Vietnam’s food
supply chain toward international standards of food safety.
Accordingly,
it will build a food safety monitoring system based on risk evaluation, as well
as improve food processing and quality of surveillance agencies.
Speaking
at the ceremony, MARD Deputy Minister Vu Van Tam said that Vietnam has paid
attention to food safety and given priority to agro-forestry-fishery products
management.
The
ministry will launch measures to improve food safety management in the coming
years, raising productivity and quality for demand of domestic consumers and
exports. To realise the target, in addition to the country’s efforts, the agricultural
sector should make use of international support, the Deputy Minister added.
For
her part, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Netherlands to Vietnam Pauline Eizema
said the MoU aims to concretize cooperation between Vietnam and the Netherlands
in food safety management, with the participation of the WB.-VNA