Retail chain to boost quality of food, farm produce

Ho Chi Minh-based retailer Saigon Co.op will get assistance under the Food and Agricultural Products Quality Development and Control Project (FAPQDCP) project to boost quality and safety of its farm and food products.

Following the agreement signed Monday by the participants, FAPQDCP provides Saigon Co.op with staff training and technology support in processing, packaging, preserving fresh fruit and vegetables during purchasing and distributing process.

The 2008-2013 project, funded by Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), incorporates many other pilot projects in 12 provinces and includes many food commodities chain’s stakeholders, from food producers, processors, distributors, to wholesalers and retailers.

Saigon Co.op, with its chain of 50 Co.op Mart retail supermarkets spreading across the provinces, is the first retailer in Vietnam to be chosen to join the project. – Tuoitre

Tags: vietnam retail industry, Vietnam retail market

Posted by VBN on Jan 20 2011. Filed under Retail. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry