Groundbreaking ceremony of the fruit and vegetable processing centre (Source: VNA)
Gia Lai (VNA) - Construction on a fruit andvegetable processing centre began in the Central Highlands province of Gia Laion January 21. Financed by Dong Giao Foodstuff JSC, the 6ha-centre willinclude three factories with a total production capacity of 30,000 tonnes ofproducts annually. Once operational in July, the centre is forecast to post arevenue from 1.8 trillion VND (78.95 million USD) to 2 trillion VND (88million USD) each year, contributing up to 4.4 million USD to the State budgetwhile creating thousands of local jobs, the company’s representatives said atthe ground breaking ceremony. In his speech at the event, Minister of Agriculture andRural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong hailed the company’s decision to kick offthe project, which comes in line with the Government’s direction in promotingthe application of advanced technology in farming production and inestablishing close links from production to processing and consumption. According to Cuong, the project will help create abreakthrough for the development of provincial agriculture and that of theregion as well.-VNA
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Groundbreaking ceremony of the fruit and vegetable processing centre (Source: VNA)
