Mekong Institute brought together 21 local public health officials and restaurant operators from Yangon, Myanmar, for the Food Safety Learning Event on Food Hygiene Certification and Grading System for Food Businesses. Held on June 20, the half-day event sought to provide a platform for public and private sector representatives to discuss challenges and opportunities in …

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Mekong Institute, with the support of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, is organizing the Regional Training Program on Postharvest Management System in Fresh Horticultural Produce from September 16-27, 2019 at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The two-week course seeks to introduce innovative postharvest handling technologies and highlight how …

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In celebration of the first World Food Safety Day on June 7, Mekong Institute opened its Regional Training Program on Raising Public Awareness for Safe Food Consumption on June 3 at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Twenty-eight participants representing national agencies and academic institutions from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam …

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Twenty fresh vegetable producers from Lam Ha and Duc Trong District in Vietnam’s Lam Dong province joined the localized training on food safety and Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) on May 23, 2019. The training is part of the action plan implementation of Vietnamese participants under the New Zealand Aid Programme-supported PROSAFE Project.   Drawing on …

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Mekong Institute, supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme, is organizing the Regional Media Training Program on Communicating Food Safety from July 29–August 2, 2019 at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Full scholarships will be provided to about 20 media/communication professionals from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam.   This five-day training program will allow …

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