Agro processing and food processing

Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Ninh Binh (VNA) – The Farmers’ Union of the northern province of Ninh Binh has implemented a project named “Ninh Binh farmers say no to dirty food” since 2016 with the goal of raising local farmers’ awareness about their own responsibility for ensuring food safety. The project has successfully created remarkable changes in union members’ thinking, which has been translated into their actions in producing safe agricultural products. Chapters at all level of the Ninh Binh Farmers’ Union are working towards the target of ending the use of banned substances in animal raising, cultivation, preservation and processing of agricultural products as well as the consumption of “dirty” food. They have been organising communication activities to educate union members and farmers on legal regulations on food safety, including knowledge contests on the issue, and encouraging cooperative groups and … [Read more...] about Ninh Binh farmers say No to dirty food

  Visitors at the Việt Nam International Exhibition on Processing, Packaging and Preserving Food and Agricultural Products, which is being held at the SECC until July 27. — VNS Photo Xuân Hương HCM CITY — The first Việt Nam International Exhibition on Processing, Packaging and Preserving Food and Agricultural Products (Vietnam PFA) 2019 opened in HCM City yesterday, offering opportunities for local and foreign exhibitors to introduce their products and explore business co-operation. The exhibition has attracted nearly 100 exhibitors, including many local brands such as Vinamilk, TH Milk, Masan, Veam, Tin Dan, Song Hiệp Lọi, Arico, VMS, and Đại Chính Quang. Products on display at 150 booths included machines for processing meat, seafood, vegetables, rice, tea and coffee, grinding machines and equipment, shelling and sorting machines, dairy product lines and equipment, equipment and lines for packaging, … [Read more...] about First int’l exhibition on processing, packaging and preserving food and agricultural products opens in HCM City

It is a major food fair on processed food, including seafood, dairy products and sweets, among others, as well as packaging technologies. With the support of the Trade Office at the Vietnamese Embassy in India, Vietnam’s firms including the TKK Food Joint Stock Company, Richy Food Southern, A&B Vietnam Investment JSC and a delegation of Binh Thuan province’s Industry and Trade Department, have been attending the event. It is viewed as one of significant trade promotion activities since Vietnam and India have inked a memorandum of understanding on economic and trade cooperation earlier this year. A wide range of Vietnamese products are introduced at the exhibition such as sweet, beverages and especially dragon fruit. Director of Binh Thuan Department of Industry and Trade Do Minh Kinh voiced his hope that Vietnamese businesses will secure numerous contracts and find new partners through the event. Some firms participating in the fair have discussed the signing of … [Read more...] about Vietnam promotes food, farm produce at int’l fair in India

Other News Local food-processing industry ripe for investment The Saigon Times Daily Thursday,  Nov 14, 2019,19:56 (GMT+7) Local food-processing industry ripe for investmentThe Saigon Times Daily Employees at the Hanoi-based facility of the wholly Thailand-owned CP Vietnam Livestock JSC produce sausages using European pasteurization technology – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Vietnam’s food-processing industry has great potential for investment attraction, thanks to its large population, rising average income and consumption trends, according to experts at a conference held in HCMC today, November 14. The conference, which was held by the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade), under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Foreign Investment Agency, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, was aimed at stimulating foreign direct investment in the food-processing industry, reported the Vietnam News … [Read more...] about Local food-processing industry ripe for investment

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai delivered his speech at the Vietnam Food Forum.(Source: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The use of technology is considered one of the most important factors to improve the yields and quality of agricultural products and enable them to join the global value chain, delegates heard at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on November 14. Speaking at the Vietnam Food Forum, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said: “This year, the forum aims to share the global development trends with respect to agricultural products and foods in the technology era and the experience of applying technology in agricultural production and food processing.” Gerald H, Smith, senior agricultural attché at the US Consulate in HCM City, spoke about the importance of international standards for trade in food and agricultural products. “WTO members are obligated to base their measures on international standards or their own risk … [Read more...] about Technology key to agricultural production: forum