At the opening ceremony of Cargill's Provimi plant in Dong Nai. (Photo: VNA) Located at the Giang Dien industrial park in Trang Bomdistrict, the Provimi Premix factory spans 30,000 square metres and is capableof annually producing 40,000 tonnes of premixes - mixtures of vitamins,minerals, trace elements and other feed additives that are incorporated in thecompound feed.
With an automation rate exceeding 95%, the facility, currentlythe most advanced of its kind in Asia, was built to expand and completelyreplace the old Provimi factory in Bien Hoa City.
At the inauguration ceremony on September 25, ActingChairman of the Dong Nai People’s Committee Vo Tan Duc acknowledged Cargill’sefforts and determination in implementing the project and its corporate socialresponsibility particularly in food security, nutrition, sustainabledevelopment, and charity.
The Provimi Vietnam plant (Photo: VNA) Ainslie commended both the local business climate withabundant and high-quality labour force and the Vietnamese Government's effortsin attracting and retaining foreign investors.
Melissa Bishop, Deputy Chief of Mission for the US Missionin Vietnam, noted that the countries’ agricultural trade reached 9.8 billion USDlast year, with Vietnam currently being the 9th largest importer of US farmproduce and the US the largest importer of Vietnamese agricultural products.
Cargill has so far invested over 160 million USD in Vietnamto build 11 animal nutrition production plants, one grain and oilseed supplywarehouse, and two technology application centres for shrimp and fish. It nowemploys nearly 1,500 people in the market.
Since 1997, through training seminars, Cargill has educatedover 1.7 million farmers on animal health care, nutrition, and farm managementskills./.
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