Vietnam ’s Lam Dong province is helping Champassak   province  of  Laos   to breed high-value cold-water fish on 3 ha in Paksong district.  

The pilot project is part of a friendship cooperation programme between the two provinces, said Lam Dong Provincial People’s Committee.  

Under the project, Lam Dong will send its technicians to transfer breeding techniques to Champassak province and provide 2,000 sturgeon and 1,000 salmon fries, along with nearly two tonnes of fish food and medicine.  

The cold-water fish breeding model of the project will be expanded within two or three years, said the Lam Dong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.  

Apart from this project, Lam Dong is also assisting   Laos   in breeding dairy cows and building an art school in Champassak province with a total investment cost of 14 billion VND.  

At present, Lam Dong nets a profit of more than 2 billion VND per year per ha of cold-water fish breeding./.