Hanoi has climbed six positions to become the 25th place with good practices for managing food safety in 2022, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Checking food safety in a Hanoi food establishment. Photo: Tran Thao/ The Hanoi Times

The city scored 82.5 points in the recently released report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, ranking 25th out of 42 provinces and cities with good food safety management practices, moving up six notches from the 31st position it held in 2021, thanks to its significant efforts to strengthen food safety management. 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has recently allowed Hanoi to launch the "Food Safety for Development" project, which will help provide quality food and ensure food safety.

The project will help the nation's capital city establish eight workable agro-forestry-fishery value chains and help brand and market their products. Some chains will receive assistance with infrastructure, tools, improving food quality and safety from production to consumption, design, packaging and marketing.

The MARD's National Department of Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance, the city's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam are working together on the project.

Hoang Long Cooperative, Organic Green Pork, Tien Vien JSC chicken eggs, and Kinoko Thanh Cao mushrooms are just a few of the safe food supply chains that Hanoi and 21 northern provinces and cities (representing 48% of the country) have established between 2015 and 2020. The city will continue to strengthen its links with the governments of localities across the country to build 140 more safe food supply chains for the capital.

An overview of the project “Food Safety for Development " signing ceremony. Photo: The Hanoi Times

According to the report, Can Tho City received the highest score of 92.5 points among the 42 provinces and cities with good practices. Soc Trang scored 91 points, followed by Hoa Binh with 89.5 points.

Khanh Hoa, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Nghe An, Vinh Long, Dien Bien, and Kon Tum were among the subnational units that moved from the "qualified" category last year to the "good practice" group in 2022.

One of Vietnam's two largest cities, Ho Chi Minh City, has ranked in the qualified category for the past two years.

Ninh Binh, a province in northern Vietnam, dropped from the good practice group to the pool of qualified provinces and cities.

The rating on food safety management for agro-forestry-fishery goods was introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2015, making it the 13th ranking to be made public.