The Vietnamese Government has built a legal framework on food safety and hygiene, including the Law on Food Safety issued in 2010 which adopts a good approach to global trends, he said, noting that food safety management focuses on risks of unsafe food.

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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (wearing glasses) at the online conference on April 18

Authorities need to enhance testing capacity and built a database to provide reliable information for consumers and management agencies. Information and technology must be used to popularize food safety knowledge, trace origins of food and connect production units, he said.

He also stated that thanks to domestic businesses’ efforts to ensure food safety and hygiene for their products, exports of agro-forestry-fishery products in 2017 fetched over USD 36 billion.

Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., the U.S., Laura Tuck, WB Vice President for Sustainable Development, stressed the significance of food safety and measures to improve food safety for sustainable development in countries worldwide.

Food safety with economic development and experience in assuring food safety were also discussed at the event.

Source: VNA