HCMC – Vissan Co., Ltd. on Wednesday started construction of a food processing complex in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to replace its inner-city facilities that are being shut down.
Vissan kicks off food processing complex
By Thai Hang - The Saigon Times Daily
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| Nguyen Thi Hong (C), vice chairwoman of the HCMC government, and Long An Province officials cut the ribbons to start the construction of Vissan food processing complex - Photo: Thai Hang |
HCMC – Vissan Co., Ltd. on Wednesday started construction of a food processing complex in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to replace its inner-city facilities that are being shut down.
The complex covers 22.4 hectares with total investment capital of US$150 million and Vissan will pour US$100 million into the first phase between now and 2015.
The project is believed to be the nation’s largest industrial complex in the sector of food processing with a closed process from purchase, slaughter to processing and packing. It also includes a spice processing factory as well as a warehouse system which meets domestic and international standards on food safety, said Van Duc Muoi, general director of Vissan.
Cattle and poultry slaughter plants and meat processing factory will be completed by 2015. The meatpacking plants can slaughter 360 pigs, 60 cows and 2,000 poultry an hour while the meat processing factory is set to produce 75,000 tons of meat a year.
A freezing storage system and sewage treatment plant will be put into operation by 2015.
Located in Long An’s Ben Luc District, 40km from HCMC, the plant’s location is considered less favorable than the old meatpacking plant in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District. However, enormous capacity will make up for shipping costs, Muoi noted.
In the second phase, the complex will provide 60,000 tons of pork, 21,000 tons of cattle, 6,000 tons of poultry and 75,000 processed food products annually.
The industrial complex will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and advanced technology, Muoi added.