Samenvatting

Public standards for chicken chain in Vietnam are mainly offered by MARD. In comparison with international recognized practices, the standard system is not complete in all aspects of governancemanagement, operational management of certification schemes and standard content. The main problem with governance management of certification schemes is related to its transparency and missing control measures to monitor the program integrity. In its management operation, a competent accreditation body, as defined by national law of standard, is not used to ensure qualityand reliability of certification activities. Standards are not developed based on risk performance approaches. This lead to lack of controls that implemented HACCP principles and absence of communication throughout the chain.