HANOI: Việt 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) Nguyễn Xuân Cường while attending the groundbreaking ceremony for Masan Group’s meat processing complex in the northern province of Hà Nam on February 4. This project has a total investment of more than VNĐ1 trillion (US$44 million) and is built on 10ha. It will have the annual capacity to process 140,000 tonnes of pork.
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 Hà Nam.
Another example is the clean food processing and green breeding complex of the Biển Đông Trade and Investment Joint Stock Company in Nam Định Province. The slaughtering plant can handle up to 250-300 pigs per hour and the company aims to export meat to Japan, the 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 in the case of Hùng Nhơn Group, in order to export the chicken to Japan in September last year, this company (with nearly 40 breeding farms in Bình Phước) has invested in modern equipment machinery from Germany to create a closed system of cold and automated chicken farms.
In order to promote the export of chicken meat, Hùng Nhơn Group has participated in a closed chain production system, which meets the strict quality standards of the Japanese market, in which this firm played the role of raising chickens at Global Gap chicken farms. Besides, three other foreign companies – De Heus (the Netherlands), Bel Ga (Belgium) and Japanese Koyu & Unitek also took part in this chain. Experts believe that processing meat products for export in the direction of chain linkage is completely feasible and profitable for both producers and businesses.
