December 18, 2006

Dutch Lady builds second factory in Vietnam

The Dutch Lady Company started the construction of a milk factory in northern Ha Nam province on Dec. 16. This will be the second factory of the company in Vietnam, reports the Vietnam Net Bridge.

Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Andre Haspel attended the ground-breaking ceremony.

The Ha Nam Dutch Lady - Milk Factory, covering more than 6 hectares, will be built with an investment of US$20 million and us equipped with most advanced equipment from Europe

The factory is expected to be operational in January 2008 with an annual output of 45 million litres, which will later increase to 200 million litres.

The project, licensed two months ago, is so far the province's largest investment project.

The "Dutch Lady" trademark of the Friesland Foods group of the Netherlands arrived in Vietnamese market with the first factory in the southern province of Binh Duong in 1996.