Among series of activities promoting the cooperation between China and ASEAN, 2018, a delegation of the Guangxi Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, China, chaired by Mr. Dang Chi Dung, the head of the Discipline Inspection Department for the National Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China, paid a working visit to Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) to discuss the quality standards of agricultural products and establish the collaboration between both sides on April 24th. VNUA’s  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy, the director of the International Cooperation Office, and the representative leaders of Faculties of Veterinary Medicine, Agronomy, Animal Science, and Food Science warmly welcomed the delegation.

At the meeting, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy introduced an overview of the development of VNUA, training programs, scientific and technological achievements, as well as the cooperation with Chinese partners. It  affirmed that China is a huge and important market for Vietnamese agriculture, so VNUA would like to promote the cooperation to improve the quality of Vietnamese agricultural products exported to the Chinese market.

 

After that, the representative of the Guangxi Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision also presented an overview of the ASEAN Standard Research Center of Guangxi. This center was established in 2007,and its mission is to research the standards of the ASEAN countries. The construction of the ASEAN Standard Research Center was incorporated into the Development of China-ASEAN high-tech Service Cluster Area for verification, testing, and certification. The center has collaborated with 10 ASEAN countries on standards development, and applied some standardized models in agriculture such as swine production exported to the Japanese market. The Chinese delegation’s representative also would like to invite the young scientists of VNUA to participate in the training and work on agricultural standardization in China, and VNUA’s representatives to attend the China-ASEAN Expo 2018 in September in Guangxi, China.

During the meeting, representatives of  both sides discussed  ways to implement the agricultural product standardization in Vietnam. In addition,  both sides  agreed to create a plan to implement the standardization of agricultural products in Vietnam by applying the  Chinese standard model, particularly in swine and passion fruit production..

 

In conclusion, the two sides agreed to continue further discussions, and proceed with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in the future..