Nghe An attracts 39 investment projects in rural agriculture

On the morning of July 31, in Vinh City, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinated with Nghe An to organize an investment promotion workshop to increase and attract businesses to invest in production and business in the form of association with cooperatives, households, farms, etc. in the agricultural sector.

Attending the workshop, on the side of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, there were comrades: Dang Vu Tran - Acting Director of the Department of Enterprise Management; Hoang Vu Quang - Deputy Director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development. On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Nguyen Tien Lam - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, leaders of the agricultural sector and representatives of a number of enterprises in the province.

Many delegates attended the conference. Photo: Phu Huong

Agriculture is less affected by the Covid-19 epidemic

Implementing the Government's policy on improving the business environment to enhance national competitiveness, the Agriculture and Rural Development sector has focused on reforming administrative procedures, supporting and creating the most favorable business environment for enterprises investing in agriculture.

Overview of the workshop. Photo: Phu Huong

“From the beginning of the year to May 16, 2020, the country had 10,425 agricultural enterprises, of which 651 were newly registered, showing that the number of enterprises investing in agriculture, forestry and fishery was less heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, maintaining a fairly high growth rate. This is considered an important result from the policy of encouraging enterprises to invest in rural agriculture according to the Government's policies and guidelines,” said Mr. Dang Vu Tran.

"There must be an attractive way to attract investment in agriculture and rural areas," emphasized Mr. Dang Vu Tran - Acting Director of the Department of Enterprise Management - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Photo: Phu Huong

Attracting investment in agriculture is not commensurate with potential

At the workshop, representatives of Nghe An's agricultural sector presented the province's potential and advantages in attracting investment in agriculture, with an agricultural land area of ​​over 1.46 million hectares, 419 km of border with Laos and 82 km of coastline. Located in the center of the North Central region in the East-West economic corridor, Nghe An has a very favorable geographical position for economic development, with seaports, airports, industrial parks, industrial clusters, concentrated economic zones, many border gates and openings; rich in cultural identity and indigenous knowledge.

Agricultural production in Nghe An has developed, forming many concentrated raw material areas for processing and export industries; large-scale high-tech agricultural projects in the dairy, wood, sugar cane, and livestock industries...

Enterprises invest in growing clean vegetables in greenhouses in Nghi Lien commune - Vinh city. Photo: Phu Huong

The Provincial People's Committee has issued many policies to encourage and support investment in the agricultural sector; promoted investment promotion; paid attention to supporting, resolving difficulties and obstacles, and urging the acceleration of key projects... Thanks to that, in the period of 2016 - 2020, Nghe An has attracted 39 investment projects in the agricultural sector with a total investment of 3,757 billion VND.