The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang met representatives of the Viet-Uc Seafood Joint Stock Company on March 9 to discuss building the first high quality shrimp farm in the locality.
Soc Trang (VNA) – The People’sCommittee of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang met representatives of the Viet-UcSeafood Joint Stock Company on March 9 to discuss building the first highquality shrimp farm in the locality.
The 40 billion VND (about 1.75 million USD)project will sprawl 23 hectares in Huynh Ky Hamlet, Vinh Hai Commune, Vinh ChauDistrict. Once operational, it will produce 3 – 4 billion juvenile shrimps.
The project aims to provide shrimp toproducers nationwide, said Tony Dang Quoc Tuan, Vice President of DirectorBoard of the Viet – Uc Seafood Joint Stock Company, adding that it is alsohoped to help build a Vietnam shrimp brand.
Construction of the farm is set to startin April this year, helping Vinh Chau become a centre for supplying shrimpproducts and high-quality young shrimps in the Mekong Delta.
The farm is expected to boostdevelopment of the local aquaculture sector while contributing 30 – 50 billionVND a year to the local budget.
Agencies in Vinh Chau District have beenasked to carry out land clearance and support the investor in completingdocuments to implement the project, said Le Thanh Tri, Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee.
As the biggest young shrimp producer inVietnam, the Viet – Uc Seafood Company has seven shrimp farms from Nghe An toCa Mau and one super-intensive indoor shrimp farming system in Bac Lieu.-VNA
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At the meeting (Photo: thst.vn) 
