Attending and witnessing the signing ceremony, on behalf of VinaCert, there were Mr. Nguyen Huu Dzung, Chairman of the Board cum Director General; Mrs. Dang Thi Huong, Director of Certification; Mrs. Nguyen Thi Yen, Executive Director cum Director of Administration Dept, representatives of leaders and staff of related Departments and sections: Certification Department, Sales Department, Testing Department 1 ...
On behalf of NFSI, there were Prof. Dr. Phan Thi Kim, Director; representatives of Science Council, Business Department, Administration Dept and related individuals.
The signing ceremony was carried out on the basis of understanding each other's potentials and strengths of the two parties to support enterprises to apply technology software in the agricultural products production and trading in the most effective way.
On that basis, VinaCert and NFSI have agreed the terms in the cooperation agreement, with it’s aim mainly to support organizations and individuals to apply VFSC software for managing agricultural products and foods production and trading; implementing food traceability chain via VFSC software.
Prof. Dr. Phan Thi Kim - Director of the NFSI and Mrs. Dang Thi Huong – VinaCert’s Certification Director signing the cooperation agreement
According to the cooperation agreement, the two parties will work together to implement, improve and complete the VFSC software, ensuring the parties to effectively use the software. Besides, the conferences, seminars, exhibitions and thematic forums will be coordinated to organize in order to introduce and exchange issues related to the widespread development of VFSC software applications for organizations and individuals producing agricultural products ...
These are practical activities of VinaCert and NFSI to support enterprises to manage the process, improve their competitiveness to be ready for integration and development, to create a focal point for the consumption of agricultural products through modern technology software into production and trading processes.
Specifically, VinaCert will develop a mechanism for accepting certification audit for organizations and individuals (customers) to apply VFSC software to provide electronic records for certification registration standards (VietGAP). ; ISO 22000 / HACCP); inform the NFSI about any shortcomings during the use of VFSC software; support fee for customers for using VFSC software,etc.
NFSI will install, guide and guarantee free VFSC technology applications for users; promptly notify and correct software-related errors in the process of use to the parties; support costs for customers using VFSC software to register for certification with VinaCert at 70% of the certified contract value and 100% of the value of the first cycle surveillance audit contract, etc.
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VFSC is an open software, applying Block Chain technology to retrieve the origin of Vietnam's agricultural products under the principle of "From farm to table" for livestock, cultivation and aquaculture farms and ornamental plants.
VFSC develops criteria to ensure food safety hygiene on the basis of VietGAP; AseanGAP; GlobalG.A.P; ASC standards.
The farms participating in VFSC will be certified their products in accordance with VFSC standards under the electronic certification method by NFSI, and certified in accordance with VietGAP / AseanGAP / GlobalG.AP / ASC standards depending on the conformity audit organization is a partner of VFSC.
Joining VFSC, the farms will be received the following help:
1. Gradually helping Vietnamese farmers in planning their works;
2. The farmers manage their farms in a specific way so that they can effectively plan their works;
3. The farmers use appropriate and quality materials;
4. The farmers understand the needs of the market in order to make an appropriate production plan to avoid bumper depreciation in the near future;
5. The farmers get information to consumers to know the quality of their products in a precise, reliable and timely manner;
6. The farmers give convenient way to apply VietGAP; AseanGAP; GlobalG.A.P; ASC standards, minimizing paper record keeping;
7. The farmers have enough accurate and reliable information to provide partners and customers their quality products. Data collected by VFSC is the basis for electronically retrieving the origin of goods, products of each farm;
8. The farmers can enjoy some incentives from partners (state management agencies, agricultural extension agencies, conformity audit organizations...) of VFSC through agreements between partners with VFSC;
9. Consumers know exactly the origin and quality of agricultural products and food which have been bought by them;
10. Agricultural extension agencies easily approach and monitor farms for technique, pest and disease management in a quick and timely manner.
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