Firms of Vietnam, Mongolia set up joint venture

The Chu Viet Group and the Mongol Food Company from Mongolia have agreed to establish a joint venture, focusing on investment, export-import, food processing, and restaurant-tourism services.

Under the terms of a freshly-signed contract, Mongol Food will introduce and sell Vietnamese coffee and pho (noodle) at a restaurant in Mongolia .

Chu Viet and Mongol Food will also exchange equipment, technology and techniques to produce horse bone glue in Mongolia as well as horse sausages and other foodstuffs in Ho Chi Minh City .

The Chu Viet-Mongol Food partnership is a preliminary result following the establishment of the Vietnam-Mongolia Business Council and the concerted efforts from the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The two ministries have worked together to boost the export of wool, fibre, tanned leather, cattle meat and related products from Mongolia to Vietnam, while increasing the flow of Vietnamese rice, fruits, vegetables, tea and other farm produce to Mongolia.

They also agreed to step up the transfer and application of advanced technologies to agricultural production in their respective countries.

 

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Firms of Vietnam, Mongolia set up joint venture

The Chu Viet Group and the Mongol Food Company from Mongolia have
agreed to establish a joint venture, focusing on investment,
export-import, food processing, and restaurant-tourism services.

Under the terms of a freshly-signed contract, Mongol Food will
introduce and sell Vietnamese coffee and pho (noodle) at a restaurant in
Mongolia .

Chu Viet and Mongol Food will also
exchange equipment, technology and techniques to produce horse bone glue
in Mongolia as well as horse sausages and other foodstuffs in Ho
Chi Minh City .

The Chu Viet-Mongol Food
partnership is a preliminary result following the establishment of the
Vietnam-Mongolia Business Council and the concerted efforts from the
Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Mongolian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The two ministries have
worked together to boost the export of wool, fibre, tanned leather,
cattle meat and related products from Mongolia to Vietnam, while
increasing the flow of Vietnamese rice, fruits, vegetables, tea and
other farm produce to Mongolia.

They also agreed to
step up the transfer and application of advanced technologies to
agricultural production in their respective countries./.

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Uncertified food detained at port

HCM CITY — Hundreds of food containers are being kept at HCM City ports as their owners have failed to produce papers, including food-safety certification, as required by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Cat Lai Port alone has kept more than 500 imported containers of frozen meat, dried food and materials for seafood processing.

Dozens of containers are piled up at other ports in the city. Each container weighs between 23 and 25 tonnes.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Circular 25 said that imported frozen meat, dried food and materials for seafood processing must have food-safety certificates as well as lists of production businesses issued by a responsible authority of each country.

The circular, which became effective on September 1, also asked businesses to have licenses for every import shipment and safety certification for imported food issued by the Vietnamese authorities.

Doan Ngoc Tho, who owns a frozen food import company in HCM City, said he did not have these papers and could not finish customs clearance procedures.

More than 20 food containers of his company have been kept at Cat Lai Port for a week.

"I lost more than US$2,000 a day in electric and cold storage fees, " Tho said.

Do Ha Nam, director of HCM City-based Intimex Company, signed a contract to buy frozen food from a foreign company months ago and each day 10 containers arrive at Cat Lai port.

"I lack certification required by the new circular, but I cannot cancel the contract with the foreign company right now," Nam said. More than 40 containers of his company are being kept at the port.

Many company representatives said that Viet Nam had no office responsible for issuing certification of food safety for imported food.

They contacted the ministries of Health as well as Agriculture and Rural Development, and both said they were not responsible.

Nguyen Xuan Binh, director of the Animal Health Zone 6 Centre that manages animal heath and animal products in the south, said officials of several ministries and services should meet to settle the problem and help clear food containers at ports. — VNS

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