HCM City (VNA) – Japanese government non-refundable aid worth morethan 158,200 USD will be poured into the second phase of a project developingorganic agriculture in the southern province of Ben Tre as a result of acontract signed on January 31.
The second phase of the project will becarried out in four communes of Binh Dai and Ba Tri districts by theJapanese-funded Seed to Table organisation.
The organisation will provide farmers withknowledge and equipment for organic agricultural production and processing.
The Japanese Consulate General in Ho ChiMinh City will help build a processing plant in the locality.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, JapaneseConsul General Kawaue Junichi pledged to provide maximum support for theproject.
Earlier, Seed to Table received aid worthnearly 90,000 USD to implement the first phase of the project.-VNA