Theevent will be co-hosted by the Directorate of Fisheries, the Vietnam FisheriesSociety, the municipal branch of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industryand the UMB Corporation, with nearly 4,000 guests taking part.
Ata press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10, Vice Director of theDirectorate of Fisheries’ Department of Science, Technology and InternationalCooperation Vu Duyen Hai said the event affords participants a chance to chooseadvanced technologies to improve fisheries output, quality and processing.
Ondisplay will be farming equipment, fisheries feed and manufacturing equipment,processing and packaging lines, among others.
Issuesregarding varieties quality, epidemic diseases, aquaculture technology,processing and export, markets, services and sustainable development will also bediscussed.
Aspart of the event, the Mekong Chef 2017, themed “Festival of Vietnamese trafish and trade promotion”, will be held with a view to introducing processedtra fish from professional chefs at home and abroad to visitors.
The organising board will partner with the municipalDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development and the centres foragricultural encouragement of 13 Mekong Delta cities and provinces to bringfarmers to the event.-VNA