General Food Safety Regulations in Vietnam

Accessing safe food is a fundamental human right that is pivotal to the survival of future generations, and therefore must be protected in all regards. Furthermore, since daily food consumption is indispensable to all, the food industry is lucrative and plays a significant role in every countries’ social and economic development. With that awareness, Vietnamese legislators have promulgated numerous legal instruments governing food safety for the purpose of protecting human health and life from food related harms and shaping the operation of all players in this profitable industry in order to help Vietnam achieve the aforementioned bold goal. In Vietnam, food safety is governed by various major legislation, including laws on goods and product quality, food safety, and consumer rights...To read the full article, please see the PDF file