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Vietnamese, Cambodian localities cooperate in agriculture

A delegation from Cambodia’s Battambang province led by Governor Prach Chan visited An Giang province from April 6-8 to seek agricultural cooperation opportunities with the Mekong Delta province.
A delegation from Cambodia’s Battambang province led by Governor PrachChan visited An Giang province from April 6-8 to seek agriculturalcooperation opportunities with the Mekong Delta province.

They held a working session with local officials and agreed tocontinue creating the best conditions for their investment cooperationactivities.

Governor Prach Chan expressed wishthat An Giang will share experience in rice growing and aquaculture withBattambang province to help its farmers increase rice productivity andquality.

He also called on An Giang businesses to invest in agriculture in Battambang.

Secretary of the An Giang provincial Party Committee Phan Van Sausaid that his province is always ready to support Battambang in suchareas as agriculture, education and health.

The province will also receive Battambang officials and students to do agricultural research in the province, he said.-VNA
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