Australia helps Vietnam with slaughtering management, skills
The Vietnam Meat Industries JSC (VISSAN), one of Vietnam’s largest food producers, on April 13 launched a training project on slaughtering skills, aiming to improve the local slaughtering capacity and hygiene.
HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Meat IndustriesJSC (VISSAN), one of Vietnam’s largest food producers, on April 13 launched atraining project on slaughtering skills, aiming to improve the localslaughtering capacity and hygiene.
Funded by the Embassy of Australia and carried out by theprogramme Aus4skills, the project is part of a progamme on management, trainingand exchange of skills (MATES) to enhance the accessibility and sustainabilityof cattle trade between Vietnam and Australia.
VISSAN is one of two facilities in southern Vietnamselected by the programme to host the skill training sessions.
The project will focus on improving slaughtering skillsand hygiene and increasing product lifecycle, distribution, and marketing.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Vietnamese DeputyMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam said cooperationbetween Vietnamese and Australian enterprises is expanding in different areas,including investment, trade and agriculture. It is a positive signal for thestart of a new era in the two countries’ partnership, he noted.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development expectsthat the bilateral relations in general and cooperation between the businesscommunities of the two nations will further develop in the future, with activetransfer of slaughtering technology and vocational training from Australia thatwill help bring more high-quality, safe and value-added food products to theVietnamese market, he added.
Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water ResourcesDavid Littleproud described Vietnam as avibrant and potential market, offering many opportunities for firms from bothsides. He reiterated that Vietnam remains as one of Australia’s keypartners.-VNA
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