Preparations for a meeting in Japan to promote investment in the MekongDelta’s agricultural sector were discussed by officials from relevantagencies and regional localities in Can Tho city on September 26.
NguyenPhong Quang, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the SouthwesternRegion’s standing board, said the upcoming meeting will act as astepping stone for the city and 12 provinces in the region to optimisetheir agricultural and fishing potential.
He said the localitiesneed to make a list of feasible projects to call for investment andselect well-performing businesses to connect them with Japanesepartners.
The region should also focus on training humanresources, particularly skilled and professional workers, so that theycan work well for Japanese businesses, he added.
The Mekong Deltais Vietnam’s biggest producer of rice, fruit, and aquatic products. Itproduces more than 90 percent of Vietnamese rice exports, which hold a20 percent share in the global market.
The region also supplies70 percent and 60 percent of the country’s respective fruit and aquaticexports, the steering committee said.
The Ministry of Planningand Investment said foreign direct investment, especially from Japan, inagriculture in the Mekong Delta remains modest. The region is home to91 Japanese projects worth a total of 516 million USD, but only six arepoured into agriculture, with a capital of 35.5 million USD.
The regional localities plan to attract Japanese investment to 124 agricultural projects in the near future.
Theministry said it hopes the intensification of efforts to promoteJapanese investment will provide rich opportunities for the Mekong Deltato boost its agricultural and aquatic production.-VNA
NguyenPhong Quang, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the SouthwesternRegion’s standing board, said the upcoming meeting will act as astepping stone for the city and 12 provinces in the region to optimisetheir agricultural and fishing potential.
He said the localitiesneed to make a list of feasible projects to call for investment andselect well-performing businesses to connect them with Japanesepartners.
The region should also focus on training humanresources, particularly skilled and professional workers, so that theycan work well for Japanese businesses, he added.
The Mekong Deltais Vietnam’s biggest producer of rice, fruit, and aquatic products. Itproduces more than 90 percent of Vietnamese rice exports, which hold a20 percent share in the global market.
The region also supplies70 percent and 60 percent of the country’s respective fruit and aquaticexports, the steering committee said.
The Ministry of Planningand Investment said foreign direct investment, especially from Japan, inagriculture in the Mekong Delta remains modest. The region is home to91 Japanese projects worth a total of 516 million USD, but only six arepoured into agriculture, with a capital of 35.5 million USD.
The regional localities plan to attract Japanese investment to 124 agricultural projects in the near future.
Theministry said it hopes the intensification of efforts to promoteJapanese investment will provide rich opportunities for the Mekong Deltato boost its agricultural and aquatic production.-VNA
