Vice Chairman of the Lam Dong People's Committe Phan Van Da (R) and Indian Consul General in HCM City, Madan Mohan Sethi at the event (Photo: VNA)Lam Dong (VNA) - As a locality that leads the way in high-tech agriculture inVietnam, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong holds advantages in cooperatingin this regard with different countries from around the world, including India,an online conference has heard.
The conference wasjointly held in Lam Dong’s Da Lat city by the provincial People’s Committee and the Indian ConsulateGeneral in HCM City on April 22.
It was reported at the event that the province exported 110 million USDworth of goods to India last year, mainly coffee, silk yarn, and bauxite-aluminium.
Cooperation,however, has yet to match potential and the strengths of both sides, aprovincial official said.
IndianAmbassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma said that more than half of agriculturalexports from Lam Dong have gone to India and expressed a hope that the twosides will become strategic, comprehensive partners in agriculture.
On thisoccasion, Lam Dong introduced several major projects, including a tomatoprocessing plant in Don Duong district and the Ka Do industrial complex, aswell as incentives for domestic and foreign agricultural processing firms.
Indian partners askedquestions regarding solutions to ease the impact of climate change andgreenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production, saying they want toimport Vietnamese products such as garlic, honey, and fruit.
Meanwhile, LamDong said it wants to buy silkworm eggs from India.
Madan Mohan Sethi,Indian Consul General in HCM City, pledged that Indian State managementagencies, organisations, and businesses will stand side-by-side with Lam Dongin agricultural production and consumption and share their experience with the province./.
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