Demystifying the Food Regulation and Import Requirements in Vietnam

Jan. 13th, 2022

Joseph Sang Nguyen, Michael Claro

Free


Background


The expansion of Vietnam’s middle class has led to surging demand for new food products from the west as well as from the rest of Asia. In 2020, total sales from food and beverage items was USD $43,000,000, up 3.8% year on year. In addition, the food and beverage industry contributed around 15.8% to the country’s GDP.

The objective of this webinar is to provide an overview, process and documents regarding the food product registration in Vietnam. During the webinar Joseph Sang Nguyen and Michael Claro from Cekindo will go into detail about the regulations, the import regulations, the required documents and detailed steps in registering food products in Vietnam.

Contents


I. Background on the F&B Industry in Vietnam

II. General Procedures for Exporting to Vietnam

III. Product Registration for Food

3.1 Outstanding Regulatory Frameworks

3.2 Product Registration – Scenario 1: Vietnam has existing technical regulations for the imported food

  • 3.2.1 Key Required Documents
  • 3.2.2 General Procedures and Timeline

3.3 Product Registration – Scenario 2: Vietnam does not have existing technical regulations for the imported food

  • 3.3.1 Key Required Document
  • 3.3.2 General Procedures and Timeline

IV. Case Study

4.1 Background

4.2 Problem

4.3 Solution

4.4 Outcome

Schedule


Date Time (GMT+8) World Clock Language
2022-01-13 16:00 ~ 17:00 UK: 08:00-09:00 English

Speakers


Joseph Sang Nguyen

Principal Consultant of Cekindo

Joseph has worked for Cekindo as a market entry consultant for 2 years. He provides professional consulting services for foreign investors specializing in business registration, product registration, business process outsourcing (HR, Legal, and Accounting and Tax) services for the Vietnam market. Previously, he worked for the Department for International Trade, UK Government, as Senior Commercial Officer responsible for organizing trade missions and high-level visits, Vietnamese government relations, advising on market intelligence, policies and regulatory framework to UK’s business and government representatives.

Michael Claro

Key Accounts Manager at Cekindo

Michael is the Key Accounts Manager at Cekindo Vietnam. He helps a wide variety of foreign businesses enter the Vietnamese market and overcome the challenges of expanding to a new country.

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