Bac Ninh company exports first batch of veterinary medicine to Halal market
Visakan Investment and Biotechnology Development Joint Stock Company (Visakan) on May 2 held a ceremony in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark its first shipment of veterinary medicine valued at over 200,000 USD to Indonesia - a Halal market.
Visakan Investment and Biotechnology Development Joint Stock Company (Visakan) holds a ceremony in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark its first shipment of veterinary medicine to a Halal market. (Photo: The Courtesy of the company)
Bac Ninh (VNA)🍃 – Visakan Investmentand Biotechnology Development Joint Stock Company (Visakan) on May 2 held aceremony in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark its first shipment of veterinary medicine valued atover 200,000 USD to Indonesia - a Halal market.
Speaking at the ceremony held at the Dong ThoMulti-Professional Industrial Cluster,Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Huong Giang affirmedthat the first shipment of veterinary medicine to the Halal market was animportant event for the province in particular and Vietnam’s agriculture ingeneral, proving the development of the domestic production of veterinarymedicinal products to meet international standards. The Halal market is considered one of the mostdemanding markets in the world with a series of strict standards. Visakan General Director Tran Van Binh said that the exported products consisting of antibiotics and antiseptics aremanufactured at NonBetalactam and Betalactam plants certified by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment with WHO-GMP/GLP/GSPcertifications. At the event, Visakan, PT. EkasaptaWijayatangguh from Indonesia, and De Heus Indonesia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a collaborative programme for theproduction and supply chain linkage of veterinary drugs and disinfectants inIndonesia. Under the agreement, Visakan will supplyquality veterinary products, while PT. Ekasapta Wijayatangguh will manage importationand distribution, and De Heus Indonesia will prioritise using products providedwithin the collaborative supply chain. Visakan, a member of Hung Nhon Group, hashad more than 200 products circulated in the domestic market. It signed contractsto supply 23 product lines to 13 countries and territories in the world./.
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Visakan Investment and Biotechnology Development Joint Stock Company (Visakan) holds a ceremony in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark its first shipment of veterinary medicine to a Halal market. (Photo: The Courtesy of the company) 
