Authorities of the Mekongdelta province of An Giang had a working session on November 21 withvisiting Israeli businesses seeking partnerships in fish farming andprocessing.
Omri Horowitz, President of theVietnam-Israel Trade Board, who headed the delegation, said he was verykeen on the ideal farming and processing conditions in An Giang.
Apart from coming up with environmentally-friendly breeding andprocessing technologies, Israel will also pour investments in the field,he said.
Le Van Nung, Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee, said An Giang is confident of itsresources and potential to push further the cooperation with Israel.
He tabled incentives in land rent and corporate tax for Israeli businesses investing in the locality.
He said more favourable conditions will be created for foreign enterprises, including those from Israel.
According to the Vice Chairman, Israel had recently transferred thebreeding technology for male blue-legged prawn breed to An Giang,helping the province to overcome the shortage of breeding stock.
During their November 20-22 fact-finding tour, the visiting Israelibusinesspeople visited a number of fish farms and processing facilitiesof the Viet An Seafood Company, the Binh Minh Seafood ProcessingCompany, the Angifish Import-Export Company, the Nam Viet Company andthe Thuan An Trade and Service Company.-VNA

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