The report, ‘Ripe for Change’, also assesses the policies and practices of some of the biggest supermarkets in Europe and the United States – all of which score poorly on issues such as the treatment of workers and producers in their supply chains.Source: vietnam.oxfam.orgAmong the findings:• Supermarkets keep an increasing amount of the money their consumers spend - as much as 50 percent in some cases - while the share that reaches workers and food producers has fallen - sometimes to less than 5 percent.• Small-scale farmers and workers in the supply chains of 12 common supermarket products are scraping a living. For some products, such as Indian tea and Kenyan green beans, the average earnings of small-scale farmers or workers was found to be less than half of what was needed to ensure a basic but decent standard of living. The gap between a living income and actual income is greater where women make up most of the workforce.• While many workers … [Read more...] about Poverty and inequality major ingredients in supermarket supply chains
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Minister stresses support for businesses to join supply chains
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh speaks at the working session (Source: VNA) The minister gave a presentation at the fifth meeting of the 14th National Assembly on May 26th on a number of issues related to export and export markets, the “rescue” of farm produce oversupply, the support industry and ineffective investment projects. Anh said export has been on the right track in recent years with a shift to processed and manufactured products. The country has also established trade ties with more than 200 countries and markets, and joined many free trade pacts. However, he admitted that export growth is unsustainable due to unstable and inconsistent product quality. “This remains a big obstacle to Vietnam in building its brand name, developing value chains and meeting requirements of free trade agreements as well as international commercial practices in terms of product origin and quality,” he said. Besides, Vietnam still depends too much on major … [Read more...] about Minister stresses support for businesses to join supply chains
Signing ceremony for food-safety supply chain between HCM City, Sóc Trăng
The quality of Sóc Trăng Province’s agricultural and aquatic products in HCM City will be better managed via a food-safety supply chain. Photo: sggp.org.vn. Viet Nam News HCM CITY— HCM City’s Department of Food Safety Management and Sóc Trăng Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a signing ceremony recently to sell the latter’s agricultural and aquatic products to those involved in a food-safety supply chain to ensure food safety. The quality of products would be ensured from the first stage (cultivation, husbandry, gathering and exploiting) to the final stage (slaughtering, processing and trading). By the end of 2019, they expect all agricultural and aquatic products from Sóc Trăng Province sold in HCM City to be controlled via such food-safety chains. Phạm Khánh Phong Lan, head of the city’s Food Safety Management, said the department had encouraged enterprises to join the … [Read more...] about Signing ceremony for food-safety supply chain between HCM City, Sóc Trăng
More Vietnam businesses join global supply chains
At least 29 Vietnamese businesses have joined global supply chains, according to the HCM City Centre of Supporting Industry Development. Local businesses’ improved production quality has helped them gain contracts to become suppliers to major companies. - Photo www.sggp.org.vn Bac Viet Technology Joint-Stock Company, for example, has become a supplier of plastic electronic components and precision samples for Samsung Electronic Viet Nam and Samsung Electronics Viet Nam Thai Nguyen. The company has reduced its inventory ratio from 37 per cent to 24 per cent and has successfully built a system for recognising and repairing mistakes on the goods that it manufactures. After making improvements, the percentage of errors fell by 63 per cent. Shim Won Hwan, director of Samsung Electronic Viet Nam, said that Samsung expected to have 50 suppliers from Viet Nam by 2020. Samsung has been working with the Ministry of Industry and Trade on a business innovation programme that trains … [Read more...] about More Vietnam businesses join global supply chains
More VN businesses join global supply chains
Local businesses’ improved production quality has helped them gain contracts to become suppliers to major companies. — Photo www.sggp.org.vn At least 29 Vietnamese businesses have joined global supply chains, according to the HCM City Centre of Supporting Industry Development. Bac Viet Technology Joint-Stock Company, for example, has become a supplier of plastic electronic components and precision samples for Samsung Electronic Viet Nam and Samsung Electronics Viet Nam Thai Nguyen. The company has reduced its inventory ratio from 37 per cent to 24 per cent and has successfully built a system for recognising and repairing mistakes on the goods that it manufactures. After making improvements, the percentage of errors fell by 63 per cent. Shim Won Hwan, director of Samsung Electronic Viet Nam, said that Samsung expected to have 50 suppliers from Viet Nam by 2020. Samsung has been working with the Ministry of Industry and Trade on a business innovation programme that trains … [Read more...] about More VN businesses join global supply chains