Mekong Delta province reviews industry-trade performance
Industrial production of Hau Giang province expanded by 7.3 percent in the first seven months of this year and the total trade of goods and services reached over 17.5 trillion VND.
Industrial production of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang expanded by 7.3 percent in the first seven months of this year and the total trade of goods and services reached over 17.5 trillion VND (833 million USD), a year-on-year rise of over 4.3 percent, according to a local report.
Import-export turnover was estimated at over 260 million USD, fulfilling over 52 percent of the yearly target, while the rate of households using electricity was over 98 percent as of August 2015 (the proportion in rural areas was above 95 percent), said the report delivered at a working session on August 18 between the local authorities and a delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The province has successfully organised the 2015 spring trade fair, the Hau Giang trade promotion fair, the Mekong Delta industry and trade fair, and market days selling locally-made products in rural areas.
Besides encouraging and consulting businesses to develop industry, the locality has also intensified market management inspections to deal with any violations promptly.
A number of construction projects have been expedited, including construction of the Song Hau 1 thermal power plant, the Nha Be-Hau Giang industrial garment-textile factory and the Hau Giang beer factory.
However, several setbacks remain in the processing industry, sugar industry, seafood processing and sale of rural products.
Speaking at the working session, Minister Vu Huy Hoang hailed Hau Giang for proactively grasping opportunities and calling for investment to develop industry.
He highly valued local industry planning, which he said is headed in the right direction, feasible and appropriate with the local potential.
The Minister agreed with the provincial proposal to upgrade four current industrial clusters into industrial parks and build an agricultural mechanisation centre.
🐽 He directed the provincial Department of Industry and Trade and People’s Committee to coordinate with the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region to organise the Mekong Delta economic cooperation forum in Hau Giang next year.-VNA
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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
