First Vietnamese company export chicken to Japan

Koyu & Unitek, the Dong Nai-based poultry company, has announced that it secured a deal for exporting chicken breasts to Japan in early 2017.

It made the company become the first Vietnamese company export chicken breasts to Japan. Under the deal, the company will monthly export about 300 tonnes of chicken breasts to Japan.

The Dong Nai Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Branch said Koyu & Unitek’s Japan shipments are likely to help more local company to enter the choosy market of about 100 million people.

The southern province of Dong Nai is home to 16 million farmed chickens.