Da Nang is taking various proactive measures to ensure sufficient supplies of high-quality and safe food for local residents and visitors.

Fruit stalls at a local market

In particular, the city authorities have recently entered into cooperation agreements with Lam Dong Province to develop an organic agricultural product supply chain in the city.  Under the agreement, the two sides will join efforts to ensure the State management regulations about food safety and hygiene, and to control the quality of agricultural products grown in Lam Dong before they are transported to Da Nang, especially to local supermarkets and wholesale markets.

Currently, many of Da Nang’s supermarkets and retailers exclusively buy their products from nationwide vegetable growing areas which meet Viet Nam’s good agricultural practices (VietGap) standards. 

In particular, the Co.opmart supermarket has signed a contract to purchase agricultural products from Da Lat-based Anh Dao Agricultural Services Company and Quang Nam Province’s Tra Que Vegetable Village, and then offer them to local customers.

The Director of the Intimex supermarket, Ms Phan Nhu Yen, said “Over recent years, a wide range of high-quality agricultural products grown in the country’s southern areas have been on display at our supermarket to meet the shopping demands of local customers”.

Da Nang is one of the 3 Vietnamese localities which have been selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop safe food supply chains on a pilot basis.  In addition to Lam Dong Province, the city will expand its cooperation with other cities and provinces nationwide to ensure sufficient supply of various types of agricultural products.

Since the start of this year, relevant local agencies have increased checks and tightened the monitoring of food on sale at wholesale markets across the city.  Under the city’s regulations, all vegetable, fruit, and meat products transported to local markets must have a clear origin.

Municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Dang Viet Dung has recently urged the city’s Department of Trade and Industry to submit plans to the local authorities for the building of a wholesale market in Hoa Vang District’s Hoa Phuoc Commune.  Importance will also be attached to establishing more VietGap-standard growing areas in the city.