Vietnam will have a gate to the origin of agricultural products

The national portal will provide general data sets, according to international criteria, to help retrieve and control product quality.

In the morning of October 7, at the seminar on sharing the application of intelligent organic agricultural production and traceability system for agricultural products, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Linh, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Metrology and Measurement Quality has been informed about the development of organic agricultural standards and traceability of Vietnam's agricultural products. This is also the content experts from member countries of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) share at the seminar to promote smart organic agricultural production and application of traceability in the supply chain. Food application in member countries.

Organic agricultural products will have a traceability stamp.(Photo: ST).

Mr. Linh said that the national standard on organic agriculture TCVN 11041 was issued by Vietnam in 2017, giving a common standard for production, processing and labeling of organic agricultural products; crop; animal husbandry and requirements for the organization of evaluation and certification of organic product production and processing systems. The construction of quality infrastructure to support cooperatives and people in smart agricultural production, organic agriculture to meet export requirements is also implemented.

According to the Government's 100 Project, the General Department is presiding over the construction of national traceability data port. The general objective of the portal is to ensure the disclosure and transparency of traceability information of products and goods on the market, providing knowledge of traceability .

Information portal for traceability of national products and goods, including hardware and software systems, for the provision of information on product and goods origin on the basis of connection to a source traceability system. The origin of the recognized ministries, agencies, organizations, businesses and international systems . "It is planned that the portal will be operational by 2025 but we are trying to finish before this time," Mr. Linh said.

At the seminar, experts from Canada, Switzerland and India also shared about the trend of applying organic smart agricultural technology and intelligent traceability system on the application web platform. in import and export of organic products developed by USDA, EU and Indian regulatory agencies.

According to Mr. Linh, the member countries share their experience, how to deploy will help Vietnam perfect the legal system and infrastructure to produce smart agriculture, organic agriculture associated with traceability, helping Vietnam's agricultural products meet technical barriers, improve the capacity of certification organizations for international acceptance.

The workshop was held in Hanoi from 7-11 October in Hanoi with the participation of member economies of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), including: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Taiwan, Fiji. , Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. APO members play a role in researching needs, promoting economic alliances among members, developing methods of increasing productivity and competitiveness.