Vientiane, September 5 – Mekong Institute (MI) in partnership with Lao PDR’s Ministry of Health – Food and Drug Department (FDD) organized a two-day training workshop on Good Hygiene Practices (GHPs) Inspection under the PROSAFE: Promoting Safe Food for Everyone project in Vientiane on September 4 – 5, 2023. The training equipped 26 food inspectors from Vientiane Capital …

PROSAFE EMPOWERS FOOD INSPECTORS IN LAO PDR WITH GHP EXPERTISE Read More »

Hanoi, August 30, 2023 – To help improve the flow and distribution of safe food in and out of Viet Nam, the Mekong Institute (MI) and the Food Industries Research Institute (FIRI) of the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade brought food stakeholders together in a training-workshop on Traceability for Food Safety and Competitiveness of Viet Nam …

MI AND FIRI CHAMPION FOOD TRACEABILITY IN VIET NAM FOR ENHANCED COMPETITIVENESS OF COUNTRY’S AGRI-FOOD SMES Read More »

Ho Chi Minh City, August 31, 2023 – Mekong Institute (MI) gathered food safety champions from Vietnam in a national workshop that explored the next steps in promoting and sustaining a safe food culture in the country. A total of 45 PROSAFE graduates, representing government agencies, agrifood business associations, and the academic sector in Vietnam, …

PROSAFE ALUMNI NETWORK CONVENES AND LOOKS AHEAD TO THE FUTURE OF SAFE FOOD CULTURE IN VIETNAM Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) and Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) are holding a training program on Investing in a Greener Agrifood Sector for Enhanced Cross-Border Trade on September 18-20, 2023 at Mekong Institute Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The three-day training seeks to strengthen participants’ understanding of the state of climate resilient agriculture …

MI OPENS APPLICATION FOR TRAINING ON INVESTING IN GREENER AGRIFOOD SECTOR Read More »

The 2023 GMS Economic Corridor Governors Forum, with the theme Cooperate for Agricultural Trade Facilitation and Seek New Highlights of Subregional Cooperation hosted by People’s Government of Yunnan Province, P. R. China, took center stage in Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China on August 17, 2023. MI’s Executive Director, Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn, graced the event and delivered a …

MI’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE’S ROLE IN GMS PROSPERITY AT THE 2023 GMS ECONOMIC CORRIDOR GOVERNORS FORUM Read More »

Marking its first collaborative endeavor, Mekong Institute (MI) partnered with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to implement a project on “Promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Innovations in Lower Mekong Countries”. The project is expected to contribute to enhancing the resilience of agricultural value chains in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Thailand (CLVT) …

MI AND AUSTRALIA’S DFAT TO COLLABORATE IN ADVANCING CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE IN THE LOWER MEKONG COUNTRIES Read More »

Vientiane – With support from the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), MI and the Food and Drug Department (FDD) of Lao PDR’s Ministry of Health (MOH) hosted a PROSAFE workshop on “Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) Standard for Food SMEs in Lao PDR” from July 17 to 18, 2023. Attended by 35 representatives from food SMEs …

MI AND LAO FDD CAPACITATE FOOD SMES ON GOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES Read More »

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – In a proactive move towards establishing robust food safety regulations and improving market surveillance in Cambodia, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Consumer Protection, Competition, and Fraud Repression (CCF) Directorate-General organized the first training under the ‘Capacity Building Program on Food Safety Legal Framework and Better Market Surveillance for Food Inspectors’ on …

MI AND CCF LAUNCH A CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM TO ENHANCE FOOD SAFETY MEASURES AND MARKET SURVEILLANCE IN CAMBODIA Read More »

In celebration of the World Food Safety Day (WFSD) 2023, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Institute of Biotechnology and Food Technology of the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) organized a PROSAFE Forum on “Ensuring Trust and Safety: Regulatory Framework and Food Safety Standards in Packaging and Labeling” on June 9, 2023 in …

MI AND IUH STRESS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS IN PACKAGING AND LABELING AT A PROSAFE FORUM IN VIET NAM Read More »

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Center of Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN) held a Food Safety Forum: Driving the Growth of the Cambodian Agri-food Sector through Increased Food Standards Compliance on June 7, 2023 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  “The developments in food safety regulations …

FOOD SAFETY EXPERTS CONVENE TO CATALYZE COLLECTIVE APPROACH TOWARDS INCREASED FOOD STANDARDS COMPLIANCE IN CAMBODIA Read More »