Quang Ninh calls for Japanese city’s investment in agriculture
The northern province of Quang Ninh has called on investors from Japan’s Asahikawa city to seek partnership with local firms, especially in agriculture.
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northernprovince of Quang Ninh has called on investors from Japan’s Asahikawacity to seek partnership with local firms, especially in agriculture.
During a working session with a delegation of Asahikawa’s Government’sofficials and businesses on November 28 in Quang Ninh, Dang Huy Hau, ViceStanding Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee introduced the economicand agricultural development in the province.
He highlighted that Quang Ninh has a large market both athome and abroad for agricultural products, adding that local farm produces are diverseand abundant, especially aquatic products.
Recently, the province has restructured its agriculturesector towards a goods-producing agriculture. However, production has yet tomeet the market demands, he said.
Hau attributed the situation to the small scale ofagricultural production in the locality, along with poor technology, whichforced local firms to export only raw material with low value.
He underscored that Quang Ninh is keen on cooperating with businessesfrom countries with developed agriculture to help the locality boost sector’s growthto meet requirements of domestic and foreign markets. This is among priority ofthe province currently, he revealed.
Hau noted that over the past years, Quang Ninh has partneredwith a number of foreign firms, including those from Japan in producing safeagricultural products, which has seen a number of achievements.
He held that the meeting is a good chance for agriculturalenterprises in Quang Ninh to set up comprehensive and effective affiliation withtheir Japanese counterparts. He proposed that the Japanese Asahikawa delegationwill support Quang Ninh’s firms in conducting joint projects in the locality.
The Asahikawadelegation made fact-finding tours to Quang Ninh’s Hong Thai Tay high-tech agriculturalproduction area to sea the current production technology in the site.
Basing on what the Japanese firms have learnt during thevisit, Hau suggested that the Japanese side design financial and human resourcesplan for cooperation projects, while implementing pilot projects in the fieldof agriculture in coordination with local firms of Quang Ninh, which will beexpanded later.
Earlier, the Asahikawadelegation also visited a number of agriculture firms, including Viet Longcompany, Song Hanh company in Quang Yen town, and Hoa Phong high qualityagricultural product production cooperative in Dong Trieu town.
On the framework of the visit, leaders and local businessesof Asahikawacity visited a number of markets and trade centres in the locality.-VNA
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