School milk program to expand through all 24 Ho Chi Minh City districts
It will be expanded to 3,600 schools spread across the city this month
Hanoi to start $163mn school milk program next year
The capital is the ninth city in Vietnam to adopt the program, which benefits kindergartens and elementary students
Vietnam’s leading milk producer wants to raise foreign ownership to 100%
As dairy manufacturing is not a sector affecting the country’s food security, as described by the government, Vinamilk has proposed lifting the bar to let foreign investors own up to 100 percent of the company
Milk prices continue to rise
Following requests from both local and foreign milk manufacturers including Vinamilk, Abbott and Mead Johnson, milk prices have risen by 5-10% after two hikes at the end of 2013 and early 2014.