Governor of Cambodia's Champasak province Vilayvong Bouddakham (second, right) visits Dinh Thanh Agricultural Research Centre under Loc Troi Group JSC in An Giang on August 26. (Photo: VNA)The Cambodian governor visited Thoai Son district-based DinhThanh Agricultural Research Centre under Loc Troi Group JSC, the province’sleading rice producer and exporter, on August 26. He took a tour of a zonefor production of rice varieties inside the centre to study advancedrice cultivation and hybrid rice breeding.
Welcoming Vilayvong Bouddakham, Chairman of Loc Troi Group HuynhVan Thon said his company wishes to cooperate with Champasak to carry out severalhi-tech agricultural projects in which Loc Troi will support and transfer toChampasak know-hows on crop cultivation and its ownership rightsof crop varieties.
Impressed by the group’s success in the use ofadvanced technology in agriculture, the Lao official showed particular interest in itspremium-quality rice farming process. He expressed his hope that Loc Troi canhelp Champasak cultivate three rice crops of the year, applying its technologyand standardized process.
He also invited Loc Troi to explore investment opportunitiesin agricultural development and mechanisation in Champasak and assist theprovince in selecting fruit varieties suitable to local climate and create hybrid varietiesof tea and coffee in order to improve productivity and quality.
Loc Troi Group was among 27 enterprises recognised as prestigious rice exporters by the Ministry of Industry and Trade last year.
The group's rice products have been exported to more than 20 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
It has a rice cultivation area of over 1 million hectares, owns the copyright of the main rice variety for export OM5451, and has a research institute with seven affiliated research centres. It was the first enterprise in the world to achieve a perfect 100 in the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) standard.
A day earlier, the Champasak Governor had a working session with Secretary ofthe provincial Party Committee Le Hong Quang. The leaders discussed in details their respective needs and capabilities forcooperation towards the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the2022 – 2026 period in the hope of lifting the ties to a newheight./.
It has a rice cultivation area of over 1 million hectares, owns the copyright of the main rice variety for export OM5451, and has a research institute with seven affiliated research centres. It was the first enterprise in the world to achieve a perfect 100 in the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) standard.
A day earlier, the Champasak Governor had a working session with Secretary ofthe provincial Party Committee Le Hong Quang. The leaders discussed in details their respective needs and capabilities forcooperation towards the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the2022 – 2026 period in the hope of lifting the ties to a newheight./.
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