Vietnam's farm produce traceability system made debut on December 26, which is expected to contribute to building a modern, transparent, responsible, and sustainable agricultural sector.
The system is a digital platform that will record, manage, and look up information about origins of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products throughout the production, processing, transportation, and circulation processes, according to Mr. Huynh Tan Dat, Director of the Department of Plant Protection under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
Through the system, consumers can check transparent information about products; and regulatory agencies have a basis for monitoring, statistics, and tracing when necessary, thereby enhancing transparency, ensuring food safety, and strengthening the reputation of Vietnamese agricultural products in both domestic and international markets.
The system has three core components: a traceability platform for consumers, farmers and supply chain companies; an interface for solution providers to update agricultural origin data, and a monitoring dashboard for regulatory authorities to oversee product flows.
With the system, the ministry is pursuing three key goals, including effectively following a durian traceability pilot as a foundation for scaling to other commodities, particularly food items. It also wants to increase consumer awareness while increasing the responsibility of regulators and businesses to ensure quality and safety for ministry-labelled goods. The third goal is to spread the adoption of science and technology, real-time tracking and dissemination of updated Party and State policies on traceability.
In the pilot term, scheduled from January 1 to June 30, 2026, five selected companies will engage in comprehensive testing throughout the production-to-supply chain, with electronic authentication labels issued and affixed to qualifying durian shipments.
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