Australian training course helps improve VN's slaughtering techniques
Australian training course helps improve Vietnamese slaughtering techniques
Vietnamese students at a short training course, sponsored by the Australian Government, on the management of food processing and slaughtering facilities were certified on July 18.
A slaughterhouse of the Vissan Limited Company in HCM City’s Binh Thanh district. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Vietnamese students ata short training course, sponsored by the Australian Government, on themanagement of food processing and slaughtering facilities were certified onJuly 18.
The course is part of the management, training,and exchange of skills (MATES) initiative built by Meat & LivestockAustralia (MLA) and Vietnam-Australia Human Resource Development Partnership(Aus4Skills) to help managers and workers at food processing and slaughteringfacilities implement Australian-standard procedures.
The initiative also looks to providehigh-quality beef for Vietnamese consumers and support other activities in thebilateral cooperation programme between Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development and the MLA for the May 2017-July 2019 period, which hopes toincrease the value of meat to stabilise Australia’s beef market in Vietnam.
Michael Sadlon, Director of Aus4Skills, said thatthe programme aims to help Vietnam gain access to and make use of skilled humanresources, contributing to the country’s sustainable socio-economicdevelopment.
He added that through the establishment ofconnectivity networks and the transfer of technology in the beef processingindustry in Vietnam, management units and enterprises are able to discoverbetter slaughtering and processing procedures, ensuring food safety andincreasing the value of meat products.
Throughout the course, students learned aboutthe management of food processing and slaughtering facilities in Australia andIndonesia, as well as how the value chain of the meat industry operates inAustralia.
They also had an opportunity to talk withmanagers and workers at supermarkets and equipment suppliers to apply newtechnologies in the meat value chain in Vietnam. -VNA
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A slaughterhouse of the Vissan Limited Company in HCM City’s Binh Thanh district. (Photo: VNA) 
