Holiday shoppers urged to be aware of unsafe food sold online As the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday is only one month away, the demand for food and drinks for the country’s largest holiday has sharply increased at both physical and online stores. The HCM City Food Safety Management Board is ramping up its inspections to ensure food hygiene and safety during the holiday season. Phạm Khánh Phong Lan, head of the board, talks to Việt Nam News reporter about measures to ensure food safety during Tết.

Consumers warned about unsafe food ahead of Tết As the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches, food to celebrate the big occasion is in high demand, with homemade food most popular as it reminds people of their family's cooking.

Ministry of Health orders medical inspection ahead of new year holiday

The health ministry’s inspectorate has ordered local health departments of central-level provinces and cities to strengthen inspections on healthcare services during the new year holiday.

Bringing a measure of happiness to Yên Bái For the first time ever in Việt Nam, a happiness index has been included in a provincial plan for socio-economic development as a key indicator besides conventional metrics such as GDP, poverty rate, employment and social investment.

Unsafe food must be eliminated

Nguyễn Khắc Hiền, deputy director of the Hà Nội Steering Committee on food safety, talks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the achievements the city has made during its five-year campaign for food safety.

Food safety control to be enhanced The committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam held a meeting on Friday to review food safety and hygiene control in the first half of this year.

World Food Safety day 2020: Need to support traditional markets to improve food safety The world is celebrating today World Food Safety Day (June 7) that was initiated by the World Health Organization in 2019 and is marked annually. The theme of this year is ‘Food safety, everyone’s business’ – as food safety touches every person in the world, regardless of age, gender, social class or place of origin.

Consumption trends change as food-safety awareness improves Food consumption trends in the domestic market, identification of nutritious and safe food, and improved understanding of chilled and frozen foods were among the topics discussed at a seminar held in HCM City on November 29.

HCM City to seek upgrade of Food Safety Management Board HCM City wants to upgrade its Food Safety Management Board into a department and plans to seek Government approval for it.

HCM City fair to promote food transparency A safe produce fair to promote transparency in food production will be held at An Cư Apartment in District 2 on October 20 by the Association of Food Transparency and organic food producer and distributor Organica.