On the morning of August 5, at the headquarters of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Industry and Trade chaired the event, the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Industry and Trade coordinated with TH Group to organize the event "Family Day - Clean Fresh Milk Week 2025".
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Truong Thanh Hoai emphasized that milk is a valuable source of natural nutrients, playing a key role in improving physical fitness, enhancing immunity and developing intelligence for people, especially for children and adolescents in the future of the country.
"In the context of Vietnam implementing the National Strategy on Nutrition, human development strategy and the goal of raising Vietnamese stature, the dissemination and raising awareness of the use of fresh milk and dairy products is not only a medical and educational task but also a national sustainable development strategy" - Deputy Minister Truong Thanh Hoai said.
At the Draft "Developing the Vietnamese dairy industry to 2030, with a vision to 2045" within the framework of the event, Deputy Minister Truong Thanh Hoai said that after more than 10 years of implementing Decision No. 3399/QD-BCT dated June 28, 2010 approving the Planning for the development of the Vietnamese dairy industry to 2020, with a vision to 2025, the set goals have been achieved.
In 2023, the country's fresh milk output will reach about 1.86 billion liters, and powdered milk will reach about 154.8 thousand tons. However, the source of fresh milk exploited from domestic dairy cows only meets about 38% of the demand for processed milk.
According to Deputy Minister Truong Thanh Hoai, in the face of the trend of development and international economic integration, along with Vietnam's participation in Free Trade Agreements, including some new-generation Free Trade Agreements such as CPTPP, EVFTA... will create many new opportunities for our dairy businesses to develop strongly; Dairy products have great opportunities to export and expand to international markets.
According to Dr. Nguyen Van Hoi - Director of the Institute for Strategy and Policy Research on Industry and Trade (Ministry of Industry and Trade) - the Vietnamese milk industry has great conditions and room for development. However, for the Vietnamese dairy industry to develop sustainably and in the right direction, related issues need to be studied, analyzed, commented on, and evaluated to build a system of comprehensive and feasible solutions.
Emphasizing the fundamental role of developing domestic fresh milk materials, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Vietnam Livestock Association informed that according to the report, domestic fresh milk output currently only meets about 38 - 40% of consumer demand, the rest must be imported, mainly in powdered milk for recovery. This affects the nutritional value of the product and weakens the domestic dairy cow farming value chain.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duong proposed developing in parallel two high-tech intensive livestock models of large corporations and professional household livestock on a scale of 30 - 50 pigs. This model makes good use of rural labor and agricultural by-products, while spreading the value of the production chain to the community.
From the business perspective, Mr. Ngo Minh Hai - Chairman of the Board of Directors of TH Group said: "We invest in the dairy industry as an investment in national health, with the model of "from green grass fields to clean milk glasses". It is a transparent journey, applying high technology, controlling raw materials and moving towards international standards".
