{"id":1088,"date":"2026-05-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/?post_type=industry_news&p=1088"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:00:00","slug":"deheus-chicken-factory","status":"publish","type":"industry_news","link":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/industry_news\/deheus-chicken-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"De Heus x Hung Nhon: a Halal-certified high-tech poultry-processing plant in Tay Ninh province\u2014toward US$2 billion in sales by 2036"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netherlands' De Heus x Vietnam's Hung Nhon to build a high-tech chicken processing plant worth over VND 1 trillion in Tay Ninh Province<\/h2>\n

The Dutch feed major De Heus Royal Group and the Vietnamese agricultural company Hung Nhon Group will build a high-tech chicken processing plant, the \"DHP Food Processing Complex,\" in the Trang Bang area of Tay Ninh Province. Total investment is on the scale of VND 1 trillion (about 5.9 billion yen), with a plan to export processed chicken products certified to Halal \/ ISO 22000 \/ FSSC 22000 for the EU, Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Phase 1 construction began on February 24, 2026, aiming for completion by the end of 2026. It will have a European-standard production line with an annual processing capacity of 18.7 million birds, and is expected to begin shipping its first Halal-certified chicken products in early 2027.<\/p>\n

The full scope of the project<\/h2>\n

The scale of the De Heus-Hung Nhon (DHN) joint venture's rollout<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Item<\/th>\nDetails<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Total joint-venture investment<\/td>\nVND 1.24 trillion (about 7.3 billion yen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of projects<\/td>\n15 in total in Tay Ninh Province and the Central Highlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Main base<\/td>\nTrang Bang area, Tay Ninh Province<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Processing-plant capacity<\/td>\n18.7 million birds a year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2036 target, broilers<\/td>\n200 million breeding hens and 25 million broilers for export a year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2036 target, pig farming<\/td>\n10,000 breeding pigs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2036 sales target<\/td>\nAbout US$2 billion (about 310 billion yen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Certification<\/td>\nHalal \/ ISO 22000 \/ FSSC 22000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Export destinations<\/td>\nEU, Japan, South Korea, the Middle East, Southeast Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Background: the structural transformation of Vietnam's livestock industry<\/h2>\n

Vietnam's livestock industry is shifting rapidly from a dispersed type centered on small farmers to a company-led vertically integrated type. The De Heus-Hung Nhon effort builds an end-to-end value chain of feed production to breeding hens to broiler rearing to meat processing to export.<\/p>\n

Tay Ninh Province is a southern agricultural province near the Cambodian border, solidifying its position as a livestock hub on the strengths of abundant farmland and relatively low labor costs. The provincial government is advancing a \"high-tech livestock center\" concept centered on De Heus-Hung Nhon and has already attracted over VND 1.3 trillion in related projects.<\/p>\n

De Heus's Asia strategy<\/h3>\n

De Heus Royal Group Chairman Co de Heus clearly stated that \"Vietnam is a key market for our Asia rollout strategy.\" In 2025 the group acquired 100% of the shares of CJ Feed & Care, advancing feed-market share expansion and vertical integration in parallel.<\/p>\n

The investment scale in data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Indicator<\/th>\nFigure<\/th>\nYen conversion (about 170 VND per yen)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Total DHN joint-venture investment<\/td>\nVND 1.24 trillion<\/td>\nAbout 7.3 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tay Ninh Province livestock-related investment<\/td>\nOver VND 1.3 trillion<\/td>\nOver about 7.6 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Additional investment 2026\u20132036<\/td>\nAbout US$498 million<\/td>\nAbout 77.2 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2036 sales target<\/td>\nAbout US$2 billion<\/td>\nAbout 310 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Reactions from company and government officials<\/h2>\n

De Heus management<\/h3>\n

De Heus Vietnam and Asia CEO Johan Van Den Ban stated, \"we will advance a high-tech, environmentally conscious livestock model together with our partners,\" emphasizing a policy of deploying European-standard technology transfer within Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Tay Ninh provincial government<\/h3>\n

The Tay Ninh provincial chairman met with De Heus and Hung Nhon executives on March 25 and confirmed the progress of the 15 projects. He promised to set up a \"disease-safe zone\" and support obtaining export certifications. The province positions DHN-related business as a pillar of regional employment and tax revenue.<\/p>\n

Industry views<\/h3>\n

In Vietnam's livestock industry, the view is spreading that if DHN's vertical-integration model succeeds, entry by other foreign-capital companies will accelerate too. Together with China's Haid Group's northern Vietnam feed plant<\/a> investment, it is a structure in which foreign-capital-led modernization of livestock advances.<\/p>\n

Implications for Japan<\/h2>\n

For Japan's food industry, this move cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n