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This report provides an overview of Vietnam’s certification requirements for imported food and agricultural products. As of June 2023, Vietnam made no changes to its certification requirements.

This report provides information of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam.

Post revised its estimates for the Vietnam marketing year 2022/2023 (MY 2022/23) paddy harvest area and production forecast down to 7,162 thousand hectares (THA) and 43.15 million metric tons (MMT).

The Government of Vietnam (GVN) issued Decree 26/2023/ND-CP on May 31, 2023, lowering Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) tariff rates on ethanol to 10 percent from 15 percent.

Posts forecasts Vietnam coffee production for marketing year 2021/2022 (MY21/22) at 30.83 million bags, green bean equivalent (GBE), on improved weather conditions and irrigation that support yields.

This report provides an unofficial translation of Vietnam’s National Standard for Chilled Meat - Part 3: Poultry Meat (TCVN 12429-3:2021) issued under the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology’s Decision No. 209/QD-BKHCN dated February 3, 2021.

In 2020, the African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic in Vietnam caused a loss of about 86,000 pigs, equivalent to 1.5 percent of the culled pigs in 2019. ASF outbreaks continue to recur but most of them are sporadic, small-scale, and quickly contained.