Product traceability applications create confidence for consumers. (Photo: congthuong.vn) BuiBa Chinh, deputy director of the DSMQ's National Centre for Codes and Barcodes,said by 2025, this portal aims at connecting products and goods traceabilitysystems of all ministries and sectors, including the Ministry of Industry andTrade in the field of market management; Ministry of Finance in the field oftax and customs; and Ministry of Health in the field of food safety, medicalequipment, medicines and vaccines.
Theproduct and goods traceability portal helps consumers know about products withclear origin and guaranteed quality and also supports State agencies inpreventing commercial fraud.
Thisportal will play a central role in the traceability system of Vietnam, with theparticipation of all parties in the supply chain such as manufacturers,packers, transporters, distributors, retailers, traceability solution providersand state management agencies.
TheDirectorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality is developing a set ofstandards to ensure the traceability system of agencies, organisations andenterprises connected to the national portal.
Thereare currently three national standards for traceability, including requirementsfor the supply chain of fresh fruits and vegetables; general requirements forthe traceability system; and requirements for traceability conformityassessment bodies.
Inaddition, the National Center for Codes and Barcodes is implementing a seriesof traceability applications such as application for agricultural productsupdating electronic diaries and linking all information in the product supplychain so consumers can use a mobile device to scan the QR code for reviewinghistory of the production and distribution of products.
Especially,there is an application of Vietnamese fruit map supporting e-commerce promotionactivities for local fruits. This application is developed to update andmonitor all information about fruit production, trend of price and consumptiondemand.
Meanwhile,the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Department of Science and Technology hassubmitted to the ministry a plan on implementing, applying and managing theproduct and goods traceability system until 2025 for products and goodsmanaged by the ministry.
Thatis also the ministry's task as part of the Prime Minister's Decision100/QD-TTg on approving the scheme of deploying, applying and managing thetraceability system with the goal to build and operate this national portal onproduct and goods traceability./.
VNA
