Meeting between BeluxCham & Department of Foreign Affairs HCMC

On the afternoon of 16th April 2021, BeluxCham Chairman – Mr. Bart Verheyen has a meeting with Mr. Le Truong Duy – Director of Foreign Service Center (FSC), Department of External Relations HCMC. At the meeting, Mr. Duy has consulted with BeluxCham on organizing events in the European Village in HCMC towards the two-year anniversary of the conclusion of the New-Generation Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the European Union – EVFTA. Besides, FSC also seek to strengthen cooperation and connection with BeluxCham. In response to the wishes of the Vietnamese side, BeluxCham proposed that both agencies can organize events/activities together to promote the relations and trade between Belgium – Luxembourg and Vietnam. Furthermore, BeluxCham will support and cooperate with FSC in organizing “European Village” events, which will be organized in October 2021.

 

 

 

GRAND OPENING CEREMONY BEL GÀ’S TAY NINH HIGH – TECH HATCHERY

In the morning of 17 April 2021, Board Members of BeluxCham including Mr. Bart Verheyen – Chairman, Mrs. Bopha Sem – Vice-Chairwoman in Ho Chi Minh and Mr. Tom Tabouring- Board Member have attended the Grand Opening Ceremony Hi-Tech Poultry Hatchery of one of BeluxCham’s member Bel Gà at Tay Ninh. The factory is part of the supply chain of clean, sustainable, and export-oriented agricultural products belonging to Bel Ga Company, De Heus Group, Hung Nhon Group and strategic Partners.

Bel Gà is a Belgium market leader with more than 80 years of experience in producing premium day-old chicks in Europe.

Established in Vietnam since 2013, Bel Ga currently has 4 hatcheries and 2 incubation factories with a modern self-contained farming process according to GlobalG.A.P standards, providing more than 35 million premium day-old chicks for the Vietnam & Cambodia Market every year.

 

Belga Tay Ninh poultry incubation factory has a total investment of 200 billion VND, with a total area of ​​15,000 m2 and the design capacity of over 19 million chicks per year in the phase I and will expand the capacity up to 38,4 million chicks per year in the phase II.

The main products of the factory are day-old chicks and day-old layers, of the best quality to meet the demand of famers in Vietnamese and Cambodian markets.

Bel Chicken breeders are sourced from the world’s leading breeding companies, Aviagen and Hendrix Genetics, which are hatched using the most advanced modern European technology. Bel Ga Tay Ninh factory is considered as a unique factory model with the application of many advances in technical innovations of construction design, including facilities for farms and hatcheries which meets the European standards, thanks to the support of leading experts and technicians in the world.

All technologies used in the factory are applied management techniques that uses information technology systems to ensure the efficiency and accuracy of the information in the production process, and at the same time investing in modern production machinery and equipment such as:

Embryo-Response Incubation, manufactured by Petersime Belgium, With the OvoScan ™ system the incubator temperature is continuously adjusted according to the actual eggshell temperature.

Co2 concentration management: Accurate maintenance of CO2 levels throughout the incubation cycle has a positive effect on the development of the circulatory system of the embryo.

Energy management produced by Petersime, Belgium. Eco-Drive ™ helps to reduce the energy consumption of the engine pulses during the less critical stages of the incubation process.

Petersime’s pressure control system allows for the regulation of the amount of air circulating in different areas of the incubation plant.

Monitoring and control produced by Petersime, Belgium: Petersime’s Eagle EyeTM surveillance system is a package of software programs that monitors and controls the entire incubation process from a central host computer station: an incubator, room ambient conditions, water temperature, air circulation system parameters etc.

Biostreamer: This series uses Biostreamer Re-Store technology, this new technique in short incubation, allowing to maintain a higher incubation rate and better embryo vitality when storing eggs for a long time.

The day-old-chicks products of Bel Ga Tay Ninh will ensure the highest standards according to GlobalG.A.P standards through the management and strict control of biosafety in livestock and the production, quality monitoring of incubation eggs and GP farms with low stocking densities, combined with effective temperature control through modern incubation machines helpful in the creation of an optimal environment to ensure that the best 1-day-old chicks are always produced and traceable throughout the entire production chain.

 

 

Doing Business 2020 – Vietnam

 

Full Book: VNM

 

(Doing Business 2020, a World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 17th in a series of annual studies measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time.)

Vietnam’s Entry Procedures for Foreign Experts

  1. Apply for Sponsor Letter and the List of experts on entry to Vietnam for the People’s Committee where the company’s head office is affiliated or where the expert is working (Submit to the Department of Invalids and Labor of the commune Association – 33 Street No. 13, Hiep Binh Chanh, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh City, for experts entering Ho Chi Minh City)

The application form is available at https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1CX4dRUrs2iKD2m89j-M1TaIFJvEBEfmT

*The Provincial People’s Committee reviews the petition and forwards it to the Immigration Department – Ministry of Public Security and notify the results to the company within 20-25 days.

  1. Submit the Sponsor Letter approved by the People’s Committee with the list of the experts to the Immigration Department – Ministry of Police after it has issued a decision on approval from the People’s Committee together with the Immigration Application (NA2)and the Sample Seal Registration Form at the Department of Immigration(Form NA16)

* In case the expert does not have a Visa / Work permit, then Submit the VISA Application (Form NA1) to the Department of Immigration

*The process of returning results at Immigration Department takes 5-7 working days

  1. Apply for Quarantine Accommodation According to Official Letter No. 1441 / BYT-MT dated 20/3/2020 of the Ministry of Health, medical isolation at hotels (with fee) is currently only applicable to foreigners such as experts, business managers, skilled workers, …

The application form is available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/175Tz1j9ZZdSEXs0fIRNqFV64_tiwB_Z2?usp=sharing

  1. The company prepares and submits the isolation plan to the local Department of Health for approval (1 day).

* In the Ho Chi Minh City area, there is no need to obtain confirmation from the Department of Health from February 1, 2021. However, the guaranteeing company still has to submit the quarantine plan to the airline

The required documents to send to the Department of Health / Center for Disease Control as following (Not applied for HCMC)

  • List of experts approved by the Provincial People’s Committee / Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs;
  • The Decision of the People’s Committee to propose to the Immigration Department to issue visas to experts. In case, the expert who working in another province desires to be isolated in Ho Chi Minh City, the Expert must have approval from the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
  • Letter of approval from Immigration Department for the experts;
  • Proposal for Quarantine location – Hotel selection;
  • Scan of confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 test by real-time PCR technique from 3- 7 days before the entry date. The SARS-CoV-2 test must be done at government-approved laboratories or at the World Health Organization (WHO) accredited laboratory system.
  • Having documents, certifying insurance, international insurance of the expert or the host organization inviting the expert to commit to paying treatment costs in case of Covid-19;
  • The Commitment from the Expert’s Organization/Company for ensuring and taking responsibilities to the public safety from the Covid-19 pandemic

5. When you have all the documents, please register to join the Flight to Vietnam

6. After buying the air ticket, please take the Covid-test by PCR system.

7. Please fill out the Medical Declaration / Vietnam Health Declaration form https://tokhaiyte.vn 24 hours before your departure.