C.P. Group plans roughly $600 million to expand meat processing and exports in Vietnam

Thai agribusiness group Charoen Pokphand (C.P. Group) plans to expand its deep-processing and export capacity in Vietnam, with senior executives outlining roughly $600 million in additional investment across poultry and pork operations, according to Thanh Nien and Dan Viet. The company said Vietnam remains a strategic market for its agriculture and food business and that it will focus on higher value-added stages of the chain.

Delegation and long-term strategy

From 9 to 11 July, C.P. Group Chairman Soopakij Chearavanont led a senior delegation on a working visit to Vietnam. The group met government leaders, the National Assembly's Economic and Finance Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and local partners, and held talks with Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Quoc Tri in Hanoi on 10 July 2026. Chearavanont thanked the Vietnamese government for supporting the group over more than 30 years of operations in the country. He said C.P. wants to make Vietnam not only a consumer market but also a production base serving exports to international markets, according to Thanh Nien.

Poultry capacity to double

Montri Suwanposri, a CPF board member and Vice Chairman of C.P. Vietnam Livestock JSC, said deep processing and exports are among the group's main investment priorities, alongside expanding poultry-processing capacity, building new plants and completing clean slaughter chains. The CPV Food Binh Phuoc chicken breeding and processing complex in Dong Nai currently operates at about 1 million birds per week for export. On the strength of that project, C.P. plans an additional $200 million to raise the plant's capacity to 2 million birds per week. The group also expects to invest around $300 million in a new processing plant in Phu Tho with a capacity of 1 million birds per week, adding processing capacity in the northern region and expanding the supply of processed products for export.

Pork, technology and emissions

In pork processing, C.P. Vietnam has brought five slaughterhouses into operation nationwide and will invest a further $100 million to complete a clean pork slaughter chain aimed at meeting domestic and international standards. Through its integrated Feed-Farm-Food model, the company links breeding, biosecurity, processing and traceability, which it says improves quality control across inputs and outputs. C.P. Vietnam is also applying artificial intelligence and data in livestock management to standardise operating data and strengthen monitoring, analysis, traceability and risk control. The company targets net-zero emissions by 2050 through energy savings, renewable energy and emissions management, and is pursuing circular-economy measures including reduced packaging materials, greater reuse and recycling, per Dan Viet. In its next development phase, C.P. reaffirmed Vietnam as a strategic market and said it would keep investing in high value-added stages, deeper processing, technology and production capacity for domestic and export markets.