As big a Day as you can have....

What a big day. The group would like to extend a special thanks to Greg Harvey

James Kirton and Sergey Lesnikov for joining us on this part of the tour from Singapore and also Arco van Herk, John Choi and Triet Le Quang from IFV (IFHL Vietnam) for their insights into the operations of the IFV Mill

IFV shows enormous potential and opportunity seems to be everywhere in a growing Vietnam. I think it is fair to say that today the group got to see the vision of Greg and his team and we were all suitably impressed.

The run down of the day went like this –

• The day started with a ‘leap of faith’ walk across the road with the expectation that traffic will avoid you. As it turns out they do.

• We made our way to a small jetty where we took to a large boat for the 1hr 40min trip to the mills. The trip takes between 2hrs 30mins and 4hrs by road.

• The trip along the river was an eye opener of activity and resembles more of a highway rather than a river. The River is certainly the life line of the Vietnamese economy.

• We were welcomed at the port of IFV by a very proud group of staff who couldn’t wait to show us around. They have every reason to be proud.

• Greg Harvey gave a fantastic presentation of the growth and strategic importance of the IFV mills. The IFV ports geographic importance, the flour market and how the Growers of WA fit in with their current and future grain production.

• Greg and his team also gave great insight into the competitive nature of the Vietnamese market and how it differs to the rest of Asia.

• We were then treated to a tour of the mills from start to finish. The highlights being
• The complete run through of the milling process from start to finish.
• Getting the full sense of the types of wheat and the traits required to make the differing types of flour
• The trip to the top of the mill and silos. This gives a perspective of the vision that the IFHL staff have  



The crew just after crossing the road (sounds easy)






All Aboard



After 1 ½ hours we get to IFV

A Barge being loaded

Safety First

More Flour in Bags - A barge is twice as quick to market

Increasing IFV's Storage Capacity

Arco,  in charge of all Milling at IFV

shows us around the Mill

Flour at the start and end of the process

Getting perspective from the silos



Bagged Flour Warehouse



Finally we bag some Flour