Viet Nam Information Paper

The 21st ASEAN Cocoa Club (ACC) Meeting

25–26 April 2018
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

AGENDA 11.1.5: VIET NAM COCOA COMMITTEE (VCC)

THE PERFORMANCE REPORT OF VIETNAM COCOA COMMITTEE IN 2017

Vietnam Cocoa Committee (VCC) was established in 2005 under the Decision No. 803 / QD /
BNN-NN dated 11 April 2005 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Nowadays,
there are 29 members with 2 sub-committees, namely sub-committees for Science and
Technology Consultancy, and sub-committees for International Cooperation and Information and
Training, and Manufacturing, Processing and Trading Consultancy, in VCC.

VCC has been operating for 13 years with missions which are linking, coordinating and
mobilizing the resources of central and local agencies, scientific research institutions, agricultural
extension agencies, associations and enterprises in foreign countries, international organization.
The main purpose is that to advise the Minister on all aspects related to sustainable cocoa
development in Vietnam and to achieve remarkable achievements:

- Promoting science and technology activities: Research and selection of cocoa

varieties; Constructing the cultivation technique; Pre-processing and preservation
technologies, in 2017, three new cocoa varieties were improved by research Institutes,
- Production and processing activities: Planning for stable cocoa production;
Expanding the area of cocoa production under GAP and certification; Combining a
number of components to form cocoa production organizations with high productivity
and quality associated with consumption of products; Encouraging businesses to
invest in cocoa production and processing in Vietnam; Constructing cocoa extension
models. In 2017, cocoa certified area downed to 40 % compared to area in 2014.
- Education and Training: Organizing TOT training to train national trainers on cocoa
technology; in the provinces where cocoa has been planted, and training courses have
been held for farmers on planting techniques, intensive farming, preliminary
processing and cocoa preservation. In 2017, VCC associated with NAEC conducted
TOT training courses on sustainable cocoa development.
- Communication: In 2017, VCC associated with NAEC ( National Agriculture
Extension Center for maintaining the cocoa development section on the Vietnam
Agricultural Extension website so that members of the VCC and other organizations
and individuals can share information about cocoa; Disseminating research results,
and technical advances in cocoa production.

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 - International cooperation: Actively participating in collaborative activities with ACC
and international organizations; Promoting PPP investment.

VCC actually held two meetings in a year so as to evaluate the results learn from failures and set
the direction of activities in the future.

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