VN permits import of French beef from May 1

VGP – Viet Nam has allowed businesses toimport of French boneless beef from cattle under 30 months old, provided that the product satisfies the country’s quality requirements, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced.

April 30, 2015 4:10 PM GMT+7

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The Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sent a document announcing the decision to the Ha Noi-based French Embassy recently, the department said.

The move is part of an agreement reached at the third annual high-level economic dialogue between Viet Nam and France on April 15 in Ha Noi. It is also part of wider efforts to remove trade barriers between the two countries.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Viet Nam consumes about 4,000 cows a day.

Most of those cows come from domestic farms as well as farms in Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and (increasingly) Australia.

By Vien Nhu