FAO 2015 for MARD Vietnam FS review Final Report

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION

The Terms of Reference for the project aimed to review streamlining and management of food
safety in Vietnam with particular reference to management within the Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development (MARD).
Accountabilities for delivery of food safety under the Law on Food Safety 2010 are complex.
There are three Ministries at the national level with responsibilities for food safety, and there
is a decentralisation to the Provincial Governments (and to District and Commune levels of
government) for domestic food safety management. The frameworks for such decentralisation
may vary between Ministries.