As the Mid-Autumn Festival draws near, the HCM City Market Management Department is intensifying efforts to combat the sale of mooncakes with unclear origins, and other smuggled, counterfeit and substandard goods.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, a new trend has captured the market's attention: mochi mooncakes with pork floss and salted egg yolk.

Production and business conditions were not stringent enough for small-scale producers, who supply a significant amount of food and, if not properly managed, could lead to substantial risks of food poisoning and foodborne illnesses.

Vietnam has been warned that its rice, coffee, pepper, vegetable and fruit exports will face new barriers as the EU has set stricter requirements to ensure safety.

The following photo article sheds light on the concerning state of food hygiene around hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam's instant noodles will be exempted from food safety control in the EU starting from July 2, as they have met related regulations,

Although the number of cases declined compared to the same period last year, there have been more serious poisonings on a larger scale, sometimes involving hundreds of patients.

Food safety has become a key issue in Vietnam with several high profile cases of severe food poisoning, making hundreds of people sick in different provinces.

Five interdisciplinary inspection teams will be established to conduct nationwide food safety checks from April 15 to May 15.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on December 30 announced a decision to set up the city’s Department of Food Safety – the first of its kind in Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council has officially approved the establishment of a Department of Food Safety in the city, the first such provincial-level agency in the country.

The capital city of Hanoi encourages the expansion of safe fruit businesses while clamping down on fruit shops that do not comply with food safety protocols, specifically street vendors.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said that sanctions will be imposed to change food safety maintenance in food processing from the encouraging state to compulsory one.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is investigating reports of vegetables sold in supermarkets being marked with fake Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGap) labels.

Cambodian authorities will conduct an inspection of instant noodles imported from Vietnam that are alleged to contain banned substances ethylene oxide said to exceed the permit limits set by the EU, according to Vietnam’s Trade Office in Cambodia.

Nearly 48 percent of vegetable and fruit samples at three wholesale markets in HCM City were found having pesticide and heavy metal residue. Some products even had seven plant protection chemicals.

As the Tet (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.

As the Tet (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.

Nguyen Duc Le, Deputy Director of the Market Surveillance, under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, talks about Vietnam's strict regulations on food safety in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.