Vinamilk opens high-tech dairy farm in Thanh Hoa

The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) inaugurated a high-tech dairy farm in Thanh Hoa province on March 28.

Delegates at the inauguration ceremony.
Delegates at the inauguration ceremony.

Covering a total area of 40 hectares in Thong Nhat town, Yen Dinh district, the facility was built with an investment of VND700 billion (US$30.5 million).

With a designed milking cow population of 4,000, the farm was granted a GLOBAL G.A.P. (Good Agricultural Practice) Certification in recognition of its farm management, raw milk quality, and application of state-of-the-art technology.

The farm is the first of its kind to be built in the Vinamilk Thanh Hoa dairy farm complex, which is designed to have four high-tech farms with a combined milk supply of 110 million litres per annum by 2020.

Speaking at the event, Vinamilk CEO Mai Kieu Lien said that the inauguration of the farm aimed to help Vinamilk to achieve its business goals, while contributing to boosting the development of the dairy industry in Thanh Hoa and Vietnam in general.

On the occasion, Vinamilk presented milk packs worth VND400 million (US$ 17,400) to poor children in Thanh Hoa province, with the aim of improving physical development and healthy growth in local children.