Vietnam's farm produce traceability system debuted during a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in Hanoi on December 26.

The farm produce traceability system is piloted for durians.

In his speech, Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang described the system as a key component of agricultural digital transformation, designed to boost the value of Vietnamese produce and build greater trust among consumers at home and abroad.

He noted that the ministry is eager to rapidly expand traceability from its initial focus on durian to a broader array of crops.

According to the ministry, the system has three core components: a traceability platform for consumers, farmers and supply chain companies; an interface for solution providers to update agricultural origin data, and a monitoring dashboard for regulatory authorities to oversee product flows.

With the system, the ministry is pursuing three key goals, including effectively following a durian traceability pilot as a foundation for scaling to other commodities, particularly food items.

It also wants to increase consumer awareness while increasing the responsibility of regulators and businesses to ensure quality and safety for ministry-labelled goods.

The third goal is to spread the adoption of science and technology, real-time tracking and dissemination of updated Party and State policies on traceability.

In the near term, five selected companies will engage in comprehensive testing throughout the production-to-supply chain, with electronic authentication labels issued and affixed to qualifying durian shipments. The pilot is scheduled to run from January 1 to June 30, 2026.

Post-pilot, stakeholders will evaluate outcomes on data accuracy, user convenience, costs and overall economic benefits, before refining technical solutions and procedures for expansion to additional products, targeting a nationwide rollout by end-2026.

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