JETRO hopes to expand agriculture investment in Ha Nam

The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) hopes to expand investment in agriculture in the northern province of Ha Nam, which has advantages for agricultural production.
The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) hopes to expand investmentin agriculture in the northern province of Ha Nam, which hasadvantages for agricultural production.

Thefavourable transport system and proximity to Hanoi capital willcreate vast opportunities for the two sides to develop cooperation, saidHiroshi Chishima, a JETRO representative, during his working sessionwith Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Truong Minh Hienon June 12.

He also highly valued the localinvestment environment and attraction policies, noting that 40 Japanesefirms are making investment in the provincial industrial parks.

Local official said Japanese firms could lease land of farmers orallow them to contribute capital to realise agriculture investmentprojects, adding that the province will support the infrastructurebuilding such as roads, electricity and irrigation system.

The locality has zoned off an area of 1,100 ha to grow vegetable andfruits at riverside regions which have favourable land, transport,irrigation, drainage and flood-drought-proof systems, he said.

Developing agriculture is defined as one of the key economicdevelopment tasks of the province to increase farmers’ income andmodernise rural areas, he added, hoping that Japanese businesses willhelp the province to promote the application of science and technologyin the field.

From last July, the provincial An PhuHung company and the Japanese International H.B.C company jointlyimplemented successfully the model growing organic vegetable accordingto Japanese technology to serve domestic market and exports, he noted.

After the working session, Japanese businesses visited the organic vegetable and fruit growing model in Ly Nhan district.-VNA

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