Hau Giang (VNA) – Officials from thePeople’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang met withrepresentatives from the organisationfor agricultural technology transfer and trade (FACT) and several enterprisesfrom the Republic of Korea (RoK) onOctober 30 towards implementing high-tech agriculture projects in the locality.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Truong Canh Tuyen briefed RoKfirms on the locality’s socio-economic development, agricultural production,and the future development of Hau Giang’s high-tech agriculture.
He expressed his hope that the cooperation between Hau Giang, FACT, and RoKenterprises will continue to be promoted in the future.
FACT’s Kim Jin Hean said that RoK firms havea deep understanding of the trend of clean cultivation in Hau Giang, saying hehopes that the cooperation between his agency, the locality, and the Hau Gianghigh-tech agriculture sector will be strengthened, contributing to improvingthe value chain of local agricultural products.
In late May, FACT signed anagreement with Hau Giang to increase the use of RoK biological products for thecultivation of pineapple, pomelo, and mangoe. Accordingly, the organisationwill provide 17,000 USD worth of 20 key biological products to the locality.
In 2017, FACT ran a cooperation project with avillage in the local commune of Vinh Vien, Long My district, under which itsupplied 13 biological products and some technological equipment for ricecultivation over two crops on an area of 14ha, at a cost of 8,370 USD.
In the time to come, RoKenterprises will coordinate with the Hau Gianghigh-tech agriculture sector to build valuechains for the locality’s key produces. –VNA