On February 17 – in Cao Lanh-Dong Thap, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong visited Vinh Hoan Joint Stock Company (VHC). At the meeting, Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong highly appreciated the Vĩnh Hoàn Joint Stock Company’s hi-tech project on producing fingerlings of pangasius in Vĩnh Hoà commune, Tân Châu Town, An Giang Province during his visit to this company.
In this project, the company uses genet ic gene selection technology and biotechnology in water treatment as well as investment in modern infrastructure such as factories and aeration systems to have quality fingerlings and limitation of antibiotic use.
He emphasized that this project is implemented in time to solve key issues for the tra fish industry, including fingerlings, and to contribute to add the value of pangasius.