Tra Vinh bolsters supporting industry, food processing

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will promote food processing and supporting industry development this year, said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Trung Hoang.
Tra Vinh bolsters supporting industry, food processing ảnh 1A photo of Tra Vinh province (Source: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn)
Tra Vinh (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will promotefood processing and supporting industry development this year, said ViceChairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Trung Hoang.

Accordingly, the province will work to attract investment in supportingindustry. It will allocate nearly 19 billion VND (837,000 USD) in carrying out businesssupport activities to create regional links, boost production cooperation, tradepromotion activities and human resources training.

Tra Vinh has mobilised more than 710 billion VND (31.28 million USD) to draw investmentand enhance food processing with key products, including aquatic products,peanuts, meat, fruit juice and dried vegetables, among others.

In 2018, the province’s industry and trade sector eyes 31.6 trillion VND (1.39billion USD) in industrial production value, and retail and services reaching25.4 trillion VND (1.12 billion USD).

The industry sector saw strong growth in 2017 thanks to the operation of severalelectricity plants of the Duyen Hai Power Centre.

Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Tuan saidthat Tra Vinh’s industrial production value hit over 24.67 trillion VND (1.09billion USD) in 2017, a rise of 32 percent against the previous year.

The industry and trade sector lured 11 investment projects with totalregistered capital of over 578 billion VND (25.45 million USD) and 129 millionUSD last year, and recorded 22 newly established businesses, with registeredcapital of nearly 278 billion VND (12.24 million USD), generating jobs forabout 5,200 workers.-VNA
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