Association asks for support to build cold storage system in HCM City

Thursday, Jan 19, 2023

HCM City needs to develop a cold storage system and raw material storage areas for the food processing industry, the Food and Foodstuff Association of HCM City said.

Associations call for extended VAT cuts

Tuesday, Jan 03, 2023

The situation is getting worse in the last months of 2022 as many firms are bending under the pressure of raising interest rates, mounting fuel costs, and falling customer orders. Those firms need the extended VAT cuts to make it through...

HCM City fetes nation’s flavours in festival of spices

Thursday, Apr 28, 2022

A festival to showcase region-specific spices cultivated and used in Việt Nam will be held in HCM City from April 28 to May 1.

City's businesses in need of capital injection soon

Wednesday, Nov 03, 2021

As the end of the year approaches, businesses have been ramping up efforts to get back into the game, especially to meet greater demand for goods and services in the upcoming holidays.

HCM City food providers bounce back from COVID-19, ensure food supply

Monday, Oct 25, 2021

Food manufacturers and distributors in HCM City are focusing on resuming production and ensuring stable food supply after a long period of strict COVID-19 preventive measures hindering their operations.

Food processing firms map out plans to restore production

Thursday, Sep 09, 2021

Food processing firms in HCM City have mapped out plans to gradually restore production when the city relaxes social distancing regulations in the near future.

Businesses pitch in to ease financial pressure on consumers amid COVID-19

Tuesday, Sep 01, 2020

Many of its members have promised not to increase the prices of goods, especially essential goods, to share consumers’ difficulties amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

VN food-beverage sector draws foreign interest

Monday, Aug 12, 2019

Viet Nam has become an increasingly attractive destination for international enterprises in the food, beverages and packaging industry thanks to its rapid economic growth and rising consumer demand.

Traditional fish sauces need to be promoted: experts

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Vietnamese traditional fish sauce makers need to enhance marketing activities to promote their consumption both at home and abroad, according to experts.

Gov’t asked to reconsider infected wheat import ban

Tuesday, Oct 09, 2018

The Government should reconsider its ban on the import of wheat infected with cirsium arvense, a kind of weed, participants told a seminar in HCM City on October 8, warning it would have an adverse impact on businesses.

HCM City discusses developing key industrial products

Thursday, Jul 26, 2018

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade met with more than 30 experts at a meeting in the city yesterday to discuss ways to develop the city’s main industrial products.

Ministry yet to scrap decree on fortifying salt, wheat flour

Wednesday, Jun 27, 2018

The Ministry of Health has yet to implement a Government decision issued in May 2017 to scrap or amend regulations that require salt used in processed food to be fortified with iodine and wheat flour with iron and zinc, causing...

F&B firms strive to hit safety goals

Monday, May 28, 2018

With a market of 93 million people, Viet Nam has seen rapidly growing consumer demand for food and beverage (F&B) products, offering great opportunities for the sector to expand, experts have said.

Retail, services sales hit $110b

Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015

The country''s total retail sales and services revenue reached US$110 billion, rising 9.8 per cent over the same period last year, or 9.1 per cent, if inflation is excluded.

Exhibition on lucrative, underserved food ingredients industry opens in city

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Opportunities for business tie-ups and investment are on offer for food and foodstuff producers at the 2015 Food Ingredient (Fi) Viet Nam, which opened in HCM City on May 20.