December 10, 2025

 

De Heus joint venture looks into investment in large livestock farming, raw materials projects

 

 

The De Heus-Hung Nhon joint venture is eyeing investing in a series of large-scale projects involving livestock farming, processing, and raw materials development in Gia Lai province.

 

Gia Lai People's Committee Chairman Pham Anh Tuan on December 8 met executives from Vietnam's Hung Nhon Group and Dutch giant Royal De Heus to discuss cooperation plans and the expansion of high-tech agricultural projects in the province in the 2025-2030 period.

 

The De Heus-Hung Nhon JV is currently investing around  ₫1 trillion (US$37.93 million) in the DHN Gia Lai high-tech livestock farm in Gia Lai's Ia Le commune, per European technological standards. Construction began in May 2024, with phase one already in operation, and the full project expected to be completed and operational by Q1 2026.

 

Once fully operational, the farm is expected to provide the locality and the central and Central Highlands regions with about 24,000 high-quality breeds each year.

 

To support disease-free raw material areas for local livestock development, De Heus has also operated a feed mill at An Nhon Industrial Park in Gia Lai since 2015, with a capacity of 150,000-200,000 tonnes per year.

 

The company plans to expand and add new projects to meet rising livestock production demand and help farmers market their products.

 

Under its plan, the De Heus-Hung Nhon JV seeks to raise total investment in Gia Lai to about  ₫2.8 trillion (US$106.2 million).

 

The future projects will be designed to meet international standards and export requirements for the European Union, Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East.

 

Gia Lai has significant potential for corn cultivation, and the two companies are currently purchasing about 100,000 tonnes annually, valued at US$23-38 million.

 

The JV has asked provincial authorities to support policies and procedures to accelerate the development of large-scale corn-growing areas through linkages with local agricultural cooperatives, ensuring stable supply, traceability and sustainable livelihoods for farmers.

 

To optimise costs and supply high-quality feed to its farms and export markets, the JV also plans to build another feed mill in Gia Lai, seeking about five hectares of land in an industrial zone for a project worth roughly US$30 million.

 

Hung Nhon separately plans to invest in additional high-tech breeding farms for poultry and pigs, proposing 25-50 hectares of land for projects with total investment of US$30-38 million.

 

Gia Lai chairman Tuan said Gia Lai fully supports high-tech, integrated production chain projects. He noted the province lacks large-scale slaughtering, processing, and feed facilities, and encouraged the companies to study investments in major processing plants linked to raw material areas and export markets.

 

Hung Nhon Group, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, specialises in high-tech livestock farming, mainly in the Central Highlands and southeastern Vietnam. The group operates across large-scale animal husbandry, feed production, biological products, and ISO- and GlobalGAP-compliant processing.

 

De Heus, a global feed producer, has been a pioneer in developing integrated agricultural value chains and export-ready livestock and aquaculture products. Since its entry into Vietnam in 2009, De Heus has steadily built a strong presence across Asia. It now operates 23 factories in Vietnam, including 14 ones acquired from Vietnamese conglomerate Masan.

 

- The Investor