Hau Giang seeks investment in hi-tech agriculture

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on March 20 received a delegation from the Tata International Vietnam Company Limited, to discuss agricultural investment in the province.
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Hau Giang (VNA) – Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on March 20received a delegation from the Tata International Vietnam Company Limited, todiscuss agricultural investment in the province.

JitendraManghnani, Country Manager of the company in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos saidthat Vietnam is among five countries with enormous potential in agriculture. Healso expressed his hope to invest in Hau Giang province, especially inagricultural mechanisation.

The company isplanning to provide free training courses for local farmers and collaboratewith cooperatives to introduce technological solutions in agriculture, he added.

At the workingsession, Truong Canh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee,said that despite infrastructure difficulties, Hau Giang province boasts manyadvantages to attract investment such as abundant workforce.

The Government has allowed the province to zone off about 5,200ha of land for hi-techagriculture. Hau Giang will have favourable conditions to implement thelarge-scale field model as it has more than 170 agricultural cooperatives.

The province is calling for investment in hi-tech agriculture, he said, addingthat it is ready to cooperate with Tata International Vietnam in this field.

According to theprovincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hau Giang boastsover 130,000ha of rice and fruit cultivation land and is seeking investment inprocessing agricultural products.-VNA 

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