Experts believe that processing meat products for export in the direction of chain linkage is completely feasible and profitable for both producers and businesses. – Photo baomoi.com Viet Nam is trying to tackle the weakness of the pig industry, including the processing and distribution of pork, to promote the export of high-quality meat products to the world market. The statement was made by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Xuan Cuong while attending the groundbreaking ceremony for Masan Group’s meat processing complex in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 4. This project has a total investment of more than VND1 trillion (US$44 million) and is built on 10ha. It will have the annual capacity to process 140,000 tonnes of pork. Processing linkage The production line in Masan’s complex is in compliance with the strict standards of the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to provide the market with cool meat, in a closed 3F (Feed-Farm-Food) model. The supply of pigs for the plant is guaranteed from the expanding pork production model in Ha Nam. Another example is the clean food processing and green breeding complex of the Bien Dong Trade and Investment Joint Stock Company in Nam Dinh Province. The slaughtering plant can handle up to 250-300 pigs per hour and the company aims to export meat to Japan, Republic of Korea (RoK) and Hong Kong. This company has already agreed in principle with an RoK partner to sell 2,000 tonnes of pork per year. Or… [Read full story]
HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Local businesses, managers and economists sat together to discuss how to improve Viet Nam's position as a trustworthy, reliable and sustainable exporting country at a trade promotion forum in Ha Noi yesterday.This year, the Vietnam Trade Promotion Forum 2016 was designed to exchange and discuss measures on export promotion, production development and market development, aiming to boost the production and exporting capacity of Vietnamese enterprises.Speaking at the Vietnam Investment Promotion Forum, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Do Thang Hai, described trade liberalisation as the main momentum of global trade over the past decades, especially…... [read more]
VGP - In late 2008, Việt Nam will boost its rice export with a view to accelerating its agricultural production, adequately meeting the domestic demand, and contributing to stabilizing the global food security. Việt Nam will export 4.5 million tons of rice in 2008 - Illustration To effectively facilitate the sale of agricultural products in the remaining months, Vietnamese rice exporters are proactively stepping up the delivery of rice under the signed contracts, completing the under-negotiation ones, and seeking for new ones with new partners. They are permitted to accommodate rice deliveries in the rest of the year, without any…... [read more]
Vietnam meat export tough over safety concern Thuy Dung HANOI – Boosting exports is seen as a way out for the Vietnam pork sector mired in an oversupply, but meat exporters are facing numerous difficulties as foreign buyers are worried about safety, heard a seminar on farm produce export promotion in Hanoi on June 7. Nguyen Duc Hoang, board chairman of Thang Loi Company, told the seminar held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) that how to meet safety criteria is tough for enterprises wanting to ship meat abroad. Hoang’s company now holds 60% of the suckling…... [read more]
The southern province of Dong Nai plans to earn 14.4 billion USD from exports in 2015, up 15 percent from 2014, according to the provincial Department of Trade and Industry. The department said the objective is within reach thanks to the import demand of firms from France, New Zealand and Hong Kong for Vietnamese products, including clothes, construction materials, sanitary equipment and foodstuffs. Growth is also expected to be buoyed by large orders being shifted to Vietnam thanks to tax and customs incentives from a series of free trade agreements signed and to be signed between Vietnam and other countries.…... [read more]
Japan, VN aim to boost cultural ties (06-12-2007) Japanese performers demonstrate the chado tea ceremony at the Japanese Festival, which was held by the Japanese Consulate in HCM City to expand awareness of Japanese culture. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vu THUA THIEN-HUE — A conference to discuss ways to promote intellectual exchange in cultural and educational fields between Japan and Viet Nam was held this week in the former royal capital of Hue. The conference, organised by the Japan-Viet Nam Association in co-ordination with Hue University and the provincial authority of Thua Thien-Hue, was chaired by Fujio Cho, head of…... [read more]
