1. Human Resources/ Resources: 

+ Head: PhD. Nguyen Tuan Minh

+ Deputy head: M.Sc. Nguyen Duc Hanh

+ The total number of staff is 20 people, including 01 doctor degree holder, 06 master degree holders, 09 engineers and 04 technicians.

2. Duty:

- Conducting research on postharvest technology and processing for vegetables, fruits, flowers and ornamental plants.

- Transfer technology to food processing factories and farmers.

3. Key tasks:

- Analyse food compositions and assess quality.

- Research onpre-harvest and postharvest measures (pre-harvest treatments,harvesting measures,transport, treatments, packaging materials and methods, storage conditions…)to control insects and diseases; prolong storage-life and maintain freshness of food. Improve supply chains for fresh horticulture produces.

- Improve traditional food, develop new food products and provide problem solving solutions.

- Manufacture and improve machines for harvesting, transporting, preserving and processing food for small scale packing houses and factories.

- Implement, demonstrate and scale-up at the Food Processing Workshop of FAVRI.

- Provide training and transfer technological package in the field of preservation and processing and storage for fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants.

4. Outstanding achievements

- Establish plum preservation and processing demonstrations in Lao Cai province with the capacity of 20 tons / day.

- establish a banana postharvest handlings and storagedemonstrationin Hanoi city with the capacity of 30 tons / day. The storage length is from 42 to 45 days.

- Build a demonstration of lychee fruithandlings and storage at the Research Institute of Fruits and Vegetables, the storage time is 4 weeks, the spoilage proportion is less than 5%.

- Transfer processing techniques on fruits and vegetables to many commercial processing factories in several provinces (Ha Noi, Ha Tinh, Thai Binh, BacGiang, HaiPhong).

- Transfer processing techniques of lemon, orange, apricot flavour drinks to QuangHanh Company (https://nuockhoangquangninh.com.vn)

- Technological transfer of chili sauce and tomato sauce in Nigeria.

5. Contact:

Tel: 84 24 3876 5627

Fax: 84 24 3827618

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Postal address: P. BQCB, Fruit and Vegetables Research Institute, TrauQuy - Gia Lam – Hanoi, VIETNAM.