Vietnamese, Japanese localities boost links in clean agriculture
Representatives from the People’s Committee of the Mekong delta province of Soc Trang and those from Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture have agreed to enhance cooperation in many fields, especially in clean agriculture and the environment, which began in 2014.
Soc Trang (VNA) – Representativesfrom the People’s Committee of the Mekong delta province of Soc Trang and thosefrom Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture have agreed to enhance cooperation in manyfields, especially in clean agriculture and the environment, which began in2014.
At their working session in Soc Trang on March 14, Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Le Van Hieu said Soc Trang wishes to expand linkand sign cooperation with Hiroshima in high-tech agriculture, the manufacturingindustry, and preserving and processing technologies for aquatic products.
He suggested Hiroshima further cooperate with and support Soc Trang in treatingwastewater produced by shrimp breeding as the locality has high demand for productsand technologies for the work in order to prevent the discharge of wastewaterinto the environment.
According to Hieu, Soc Trang boasts over 45,000 ha of shrimp farming area, andthe many breeders are still discharging untreated wastewater into theenvironment.
Soc Trang has about 200-300 ha for agricultural development, Hieu said, addingthat the local authorities want to cooperate with Hiroshima’s businesses tobuild a model producing high-quality rice, towards making it easier for localfarmers to sell their products.
Participants expressed the hope that the two sides will maintain effectivecooperation to bring development to enterprises and people of the twolocalities.
Yoshio Sato from the Hiroshima Department of Foreign Business took the occasion to invite officialsof Soc Trang to visit a number of Japanese enterprises, which specialise in theenvironment, in Hiroshima in this June.
He said he hopes Hiroshima will continue coordinating with Soc Trang, Can Thocity and the Steering Committee for the Southwest region to organise a seminarto promote trade connections between the two sides’ enterprises in this September.
Soc Trang and Hiroshima established cooperative ties in 2014, focusing on thefields of environment and clean agriculture.-VNA
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The working session (Source: VNA) 
