Vissan Ltd. Co will develop a food processing complex worth 700 billion VND (39 million USD) in the southern province of Long An, pursuant to an investment licence granted by the provincial People’s Committee on August 13.

The complex will be built on a 22.4ha site in Ben Luc district and will consist of a slaughterhouse, a food processing system, freezer units and waste treatment facilities.

Key products will include Chinese sausage (1,200 tonnes per year); timed food (2,500 tonnes); hot dogs (45,500 tonnes) and pork-pie (2,000 tonnes).

It will supply 38,000-40,000 tonnes of pork, 4,600-5,000 tonnes of beef, 8,000-10,000 tonnes of poultry for the market each year.

Construction will begin at the end of 2010, and the complex will be operational in late 2012; it will be Vietnam’s biggest food processing complex.

The company recently signed an agreement with Laos’ Mittaphab Agriculture Development to help Lao companies develop slaughter and meat processing industries./.