Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and CEO of KRC Kim In Sik (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Korea Rural Community Corporation(KRC), the Republic of Korea’s leading state-run group on rural development,will invest in smart agriculture in Vietnam regarding seeds that are immunisedagainst diseases, CEO Kim In Sik said on July 12.
Kim released the information in Hanoi while being receivedby Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue who lauded the RoK’s rural developmentexperience and the role of the group.
The KRC is providing the RoK Government’s non-refundable aidfor five projects on fruit and animal health in Thai Binh and Hai Duongprovinces and Hanoi’s Dong Anh district. It has also carried out apublic-private-partnership project on building a wholesale market ofagro-fishery products and high-tech farming in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district;another on restructuring the agricultural sector in Dong Thap province; andanother on rural development planning in the Mekong Delta.
Hue said he backs collaboration between the company andVietnamese public agencies and businesses in such projects, which he vowed todirect relevant agencies and sectors to soon begin their implementation.
The official asked the KRC to launch more projects on smartagriculture in adaptation to climate change in Vietnam and attend a conferencereviewing a decade of building new-style rural areas in Vietnam.
For his part, Kim said his company’s cooperation projects inVietnam and the host Government’s support will contribute to the growth of thecountry’s rural areas and of the Vietnam – RoK trade and investment ties.
He added the KRC wants to run projects that combinelandscape improvement with tourism development in Vietnam.-VNA
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