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| A seafood production line in the Mekong delta province of Tra Vinh Province. – Photo An Dang |
CAN THO (Biz Hub) – The Mekong Delta region has set to rake in US$11.9 billion from exports in 2015, said Nguyen Phong Quang, Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region.
The figure will include $10.2 billion earned from rice and seafood, which shows a rise of 21 percent from 2014.
To this end, regional localities will grow high-quality rice on 80 percent of the total rice fields, or 3.3 million hectares, in a bid to harvest an output of 25 million tonnes of paddy rice.
They strive to reap 3.7 tonnes of aquatic products from the farming areas of 800,000 hectares, he said.
The committee reported that in 2014, the region's total export value reached $11 billion, $0.7 billion more than 2013's figure.
Rice, aquatic products and apparel were among hard currency earners of the region during the year.
Rice and aquatic products brought home $8.9 billion, accounting for 81 percent of the region's total revenue. – VNS