Nearly 1,600 dairy cows imported from the US to Nghe An in early 2020

On the morning of February 2, TH Group, the owner of the TH true MILK brand, held the first welcoming ceremony in 2020 for the purebred Holstein Friesian (HF) high-yielding dairy cow herd imported from the US to Tan Dao farm, Nghia Dan district.

The ceremony was attended by comrade Nguyen Xuan Cuong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), and leaders of units under the Ministry.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of a number of departments and branches.

At the ceremony, Ms. Thai Huong - Founder, Chairwoman of TH Group's Strategic Council said: The new herd of purebred HF high-yielding dairy cows arriving at Cua Lo port and Tan Dao farm of TH true MILK is the 20th large-scale herd that TH Group has imported to Vietnam in the past 10 years.

In 2020, TH Group planned to import a herd of 4,500 cows (the first batch arrived at the port in early 2020 with a scale of 1,584 cows), striving to reach a total herd of 70,000 dairy cows by the end of 2021.

With the purebred high-yielding HF cow herd integrated into the herd this time, the fresh milk output from TH farm is expected to contribute to meeting the increasing demand for clean fresh milk in the Vietnamese market and other major markets.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong talks with experts from the US. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assessed that in recent years, TH Group has invested and contributed to Nghe An province in many large-scale and important projects.

TH Group's projects have strongly changed the socio-economic situation of Western Nghe An; promoted the development of agriculture and forestry in Nghe An in a clean, high-tech, sustainable direction; in line with the province's development orientation and the trend of the 4.0 industrial revolution period, bringing Nghe An agricultural products to the world.

The increase in the dairy herd contributes to helping Nghe An province implement the planning for buffalo and cattle breeding development until 2020, with a vision to 2030, in which the total dairy herd by 2020 is planned to be 60,000 cows, with milk output of about 500 million liters.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy emphasized that TH Group's projects have awakened the huge potential of Western Nghe An; changed the way of thinking and working in agricultural and forestry development, towards clean agriculture, applying high technology.

Leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Nghe An province visited the purebred Holstein Friesian (HF) high-yielding dairy cow herd imported from the US to Tan Dao farm, Nghia Dan district. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee hopes that TH Group will continue to invest in the agricultural and forestry sector to build Western Nghe An into a clean agricultural and forestry center and apply high technology in the North Central region, following the direction of Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo; at the same time, it will support people in terms of techniques, varieties, production process consulting, and output to contribute to socio-economic development and improve people's living standards.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Thai Thanh Quy respectfully thanked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for the special attention to Nghe An province, and hoped to continue to receive more attention to help Nghe An develop faster and more sustainably.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong congratulated the development of TH Group, emphasizing that the Group has contributed to increasing the number of cows, productivity, and milk output of Vietnam, which has now topped ASEAN with 320,000 dairy cows, producing 1 million tons of milk.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and leaders of the Ministry and Nghe An province listened to an introduction of the newly imported dairy cow herd. Photo: Thanh Duy

However, according to Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Vietnam is currently in dire need of raw milk because 1 million tons only meets 40% of the country's milk processing and consumption needs. Vietnam is aiming to double the total herd of dairy cows and triple the milk output by 2025 compared to the present.

Based on the above analysis, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam highly welcomes the vision of TH Group in developing the dairy industry with specific plans and projects with very large projects, evidenced by the import to increase the herd of dairy cows.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, along with leaders of the Ministry and Nghe An province, visited Nui Tien Pure Water, Herbs and Fruit Factory. Photo: Thanh Duy

“I hope that Vietnam’s milk strategy will become a reality; I hope that TH Group will become the core,” Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong shared. “I wish TH Group will have the next leap forward in the ecosystem of product processing, including: production and processing of organic agricultural products, especially in the strategy of raising, processing and trading dairy cows, which must soon be on par with the times.

Highly appreciating Nghe An's potential for agricultural and forestry development, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development also believes that the province will soon develop and pioneer from its potential and advantages, including the strategy of economic development from forests.

On this occasion, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, along with leaders of the Ministry and Nghe An province, also visited and planted souvenir trees in the premises of Nui Tien Pure Water, Herbs and Fruit Factory, all in Nghia Dan district.