Ground breaking ceremony of the high-tech pig-breeding farm in the central Nghe An Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Ta Chuyen

NGHE AN (Biz Hub) — Work on a high-tech pig-breeding farm worth VND1 trillion (US$45 million) began in central Nghe An province's Quy Hop District on Saturday.

Financed by Masan Group, the Masan Nutri-Farm will occupy 223hecatres, making it the largest pig farm in the province. Once operational, it is expected to create 350 local jobs and contribute about VND1 trillion to the local GDP.

The farm is slated to start operations in the first quarter of 2017 and start supplying pork one year later, Massan Group chairman Nguyen Dang Quang said. It is designed to raise 240,000 pigs a year, in line with the Vietnamese Good Agriculture Practices (VietGap), he said.

In his speech at the ground-breaking ceremony, Nguyen Xuan Duong, chairman of the provincial People's Committee, expressed hope that the farm would contribute to accelerating the province's socio-economic development. He also promised that local authorities would create favourable conditions for the Massan Group to implement its projects.

On the occasion, Masan Group presented VND150 million to Ha Son preschool and gifts to 10 farming households in Quy Hop Commune. — VNS