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The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is calling for 969 billion VND (over 42.63 million USD) in investment in ten priority agricultural and rural development projects.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will organise an investment promotion conference in Cao Lanh city from December 18-19 to call for investment into 33 local projects.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Xuan Cuong has said that efforts to attract investment in agriculture were not yielding sufficient fruit, urging authorities to focus on unbuckling bottlenecks to ease investment.

The Red River Delta province of Hai Duong will create favourable conditions for businesses to invest in agriculture, especially in high-tech agriculture, post-harvest preservation, slaughterhouse construction and production chain development, local officials have said.

Mekong delta An Giang province and India have good prospects for co-operation in aquaculture and processing, a meeting between business executives from the two sides heard in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment said it is collecting opinions from organisations and individuals for a draft decree on policies to encourage investment in agriculture and rural development.

Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho introduced the local potential and advantages to French companies and called for their investment, especially in agriculture, during a meeting on April 10.

Since the outset of 2016, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has attracted 63 domestic and foreign investment projects worth 14.67 trillion VND (678.7 million USD).

The northern province of Quang Ninh has called on investors from Japan’s Asahikawa city to seek partnership with local firms, especially in agriculture.

More than 100 officials and businesspeople from Vietnam and Belgium participated in a workshop in Belgium’s northern city of Ghent on October 26 to study bilateral trade and investment.

Vietnam will step up improving the investment climate and hopes to see Japanese firms increase investments in agriculture in the coming time.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the northern province of Thai Binh to speed up agricultural restructuring and strive for a production value of between 400-500 million VND per hectare by 2020.

Vinh Long province, located at the heart of the Mekong Delta – a farming hub of Vietnam, is calling for investment in 43 projects on agriculture and rural areas in agricultural restructuring efforts.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged Dong Thap province to mobilise and boost diversification of investment models in agricultural development.

A workshop on opportunities in agriculture and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Japan was held by the Consulate General of Vietnam in coordination with Japan’s Kokorozashi Network in Osaka.

Building an investment and trade database for 21 southern provinces and cities was discussed at a meeting on May 17.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will focus on improving the investment climate and competitiveness to help businesses invest in agriculture, a local official has said.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has pledged to create favourable conditions for investors in the province’s agricultural sector.

The Shinsung Group from the Republic of Korea (RoK) kicked off two solar power projects worth a total of nearly 2.4 trillion VND (about 110 million USD) in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

A business delegation from Wakayama, one of the nine prefectures of Japan’s Kansai region famous for agriculture and fishery, will come to Vietnam this November to explore the investment environment.