Rice for export - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Kien Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang earned an estimated55 million USD from exports in January, an 18.5 percent increase against Decemberand 37 percent year-on-year.
Items posting high growth included rice with over11 million USD (up 36.3 percent), aquaticproducts with 27 million USD (up 70 percent),and footwear with 11 million USD.
Local authorities are implementing a wide range of measures to provide support toand remove the difficulties facing local enterprises’ production and businesses.
Attention has been paid to enhancing trade promotions to help local businessesexpand markets and bolster exports, especially to markets with which Vietnam hassigned free trade agreements.
It is also accelerating administrative reform through applying online publicservices, while updating local enterprises on market information.
The province’s agricultural sector is focusing on producing rice and farming high-yieldbrackish water shrimp to actively provide clean and quality raw materials for exportprocessing./.
