197 enterprises receive High Quality Product - Global Integration Standards certificates
Amid international economic integration, it is vital for farm producers and retailers to meet internationally recognised standards to gain access to local and international markets, experts said.
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Amid international economicintegration, it is vital for farm producers and retailers to meetinternationally recognised standards to gain access to local and internationalmarkets, experts said.
The Vietnamese High Quality Product - Global Integration Standardsprogramme initiated by the Business Association of High Quality VietnameseProducts helps farmers and enterprises gradually adopt good agriculturalpractices to access demanding markets, said Vu Kim Hanh, chairwoman of theassociation.
Launched in 2016, the programme has so far granted certificates to197 enterprises, including 135 enterprises in the food sector and the remaining62 enterprises in non-food sectors, Hanh said at a conference held earlier thisweek to review the implementation of the programme over six years.
A set of criteria for Vietnamese High Quality Product - GlobalIntegration Standards based on Vietnamese and global Good AgriculturalPractices (VietGAP and GlobalGAP) has been developed by the programme toimprove the competitiveness of local firms.
The programme has frequently provided training and updatedinformation to enterprises, with a focus on food safety, consuming trends,capacity building, digital transformation, and standards for exporting productsto demanding markets.
Nguyen Quan, president of the experts council of Vietnamese HighQuality Product -Global Integration Standards, said local enterprises mustachieve local and international quality management systems and standards toaccess global supply chains and regional markets.
He encouraged enterprises to participate in the programme to takeVietnamese products into the global markets./.
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Nguyen Quan speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
