(Haiphong.gov.vn) - On the afternoon of May 10, Hai Phong City People's Committee and Lavifood Joint Stock Company held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to build an industrial fruit and vegetable processing plant [...]
(Haiphong.gov.vn) – On the afternoon of May 10, Hai Phong City People's Committee and Lavifood Joint Stock Company held a groundbreaking ceremony to build the Haphofood high-tech fruit and vegetable processing factory at Tien Lang District Industrial Cluster. This is Lavifood's first factory in the Northern region with the mission of promoting regional connectivity based on Hai Phong's logistical strengths. Attending the groundbreaking ceremony were comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member, Prime Minister and members of the Party Central Committee: Thuan Huu, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper; Tran Hong Ha, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment; Bui Van Cuong, Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Nguyen Hoang Anh, Chairman of the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises vand leaders of the provinces: Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Vinh Phuc, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Lao Cai, Nam Dinh.
Attending the ceremony, on the side of the city leaders, there were comrades: Le Van Thanh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council; Nguyen Thi Nghia, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the Hai Phong National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Van Tung, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee; Members of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and leaders of departments, branches and localities.
Haphofood Hai Phong factory is invested by Haphofood Company Limited (100% owned by Lavifood) with an area of 15 hectares. The factory is invested in modern lines with world-leading technology, pre-processing and processing fruits and vegetables to international standards for export as well as serving the domestic consumer market. The factory is expected to be completed and put into operation in the first quarter of 2021.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and delegates visit the factory model
Haphofood factory is located in the Tien Lang District Industrial Cluster, which plays an important role in connecting with the fruit and vegetable raw material areas of the Red River Delta in particular and the Northern region in general. Haphofood can also easily trade exported goods to other countries through accessing Hai Phong's container port system by sea.
Mr. Pham Ngo Quoc Thang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lavifood Joint Stock Company, said that Hai Phong has a prime location, convenient both by road and waterway to build a factory and become a logistics center of the fruit and vegetable industry value chain. There will be a warehouse system with a capacity of 150,000 tons. Haphofood factory will easily cooperate with farmers in the Northern region to develop growing areas, transport raw materials to the factory and distribute products, not only by road but also by sea and air. When completed and put into operation, the factory will purchase high-quality raw materials from farmers in the area to produce products: concentrated fruit juice, frozen fruit, and vegetables.frozen, processed fresh vegetables (leafy vegetables), dried fruits (crispy, soft, cold), canned juice, bottled juice.
The factory has 6 modern production lines imported entirely from Europe. The entire production process is closed with strict regulations and 80% automation. The rest of the process is semi-automatic and manual in stages such as fruit selection, cutting, peeling, and shaping. Haphofood not only contributes to promoting Hai Phong's economic development, creating jobs, but also minimizes and stops the dumping of agricultural products because of low prices and risks from traders, helping to improve the value of Vietnamese agricultural products and increase sustainable income for Northern farmers in particular and Vietnamese farmers in general.
Speaking at the Groundbreaking Ceremony, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Tung said that Hai Phong has nearly 1 million people living in rural areas, but the agricultural sector alone only accounts for 5% of the total production value of the city. Therefore, the city is very interested in agriculture, farmers and the countryside; Especially in recent years, the city has invested more than 10 trillion VND in rural areas to build infrastructure and build new rural areas. By the end of 2019, the city will have 100% of communes and more than 40% of districts basically completing the criteria for new rural areas.
The city is also particularly interested in calling on Lavifood Group to invest in a fruit and vegetable processing factory with the goal of: Creating a stable and unlimited place for farmers to consume agricultural products, with many different product types, serving the restructuring of crops; creating conditions for farmers to switch from small-scale production to commodity production, eliminating the current situation of "good harvest - falling prices". Besides, it also helps farmers in the Northern region change their crop structure and apply advanced technologies in crop production.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and delegates pressed the project start button
In order for Haphofood Factory to soon be completed and put into effective use, the Chairman of the City People's Committee requested: Investors and construction contractors must focus on human resources, material resources, equipment and technology for construction, ensuring quality and technique, and must absolutely ensure labor safety; Closely coordinate with Northern provinces to develop plans and develop raw material areas; At the same time, urgently establish a farmer support and training center in Hai Phong city. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development urgently coordinates with the Factory, agencies and districts to develop a project on mechanisms and policies to support farmers when participating in developing raw material areas for the factory, for the City People's Committee to submit to the 10th session of the City People's Council.
On behalf of the city's leaders, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Tung pledged to seriously and fully implement the city's responsibilities to investors regarding the agreed contents; create favorable conditions and be ready to provide maximum support to investors and contractors during the construction process; The city will coordinate closely with the Factory and the Northern provinces to build raw material areas for the Factory.
In order for the Project to start construction today, the Chairman of the City People's Committee also praised the efforts of the Departments, branches, branches of the city, Tien Lang district and Investors who proactively implemented the work, from the investment preparation stage, investor selection, site preparation and completion of project commencement procedures.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke at the Groundbreaking Ceremony
Speaking at the Groundbreaking Ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc acknowledged and appreciated the efforts of Hai Phong city and Lavifood Joint Stock Company in implementing the construction of Haphofood Factory, contributing to promoting the economic development of Hai Phong and neighboring provinces, creating jobs and increasing income for farmers. The Prime Minister also requested the City People's Committee to soon submit to the City People's Council mechanisms and policies to support farmers when participating in developing raw material areas for the factory to ensure a stable source of raw materials and ensure benefits for investors and farmers.
With the determination of the city and investors, the Prime Minister believes that, with the experience deployed by Lavifood Company along with modern technology, Haphofood factory will definitely succeed in the future, meeting the expectations and trust of the Party, State, localities and people.
Within the framework of the program, Lavifood also officially announced the E-Farm Farmer Support Software Solution. This is a solution that combines modern 4.0 technologies including the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence, helping farmers proactively and easily plan, monitor and analyze activities on the growing area such as: soil preparation, seedlings, planting, fertilizer, irrigation, quality monitoring, harvesting and all other activities centrally managed on the system.
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