An Giang (VNA) – Construction started on January 8 for Vietnam’s largest high-tech trafish farming project in Binh Phu commune, Chau Phu district, in the MekongDelta province of An Giang.
Located on a site of600ha, the project has the total investment of 4 trillion VND (172.7 millionUSD), said Doan Toi, Chairman and CEO of the Nam Viet Corporation – theproject’s investor.
The project is dividedinto two areas: a three-tier tra fry production area and a high-tech tra fishfarming area.
According to Toi, onceoperational, the tra fry production area will produce about 360 million trafries each year to provide for companies and farmers in the Mekong Deltaregion. Meanwhile, the tra fish farming area will produce 200,000 tonnes of trafish to serve processing and export.
The project isexpected to be completed in the next two years.
Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Le Van Nung said that the project, onceoperational, will help the locality’s export turnover increase by 100-150million USD over 2018.–VNA
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