Decision No. 2033/QD-TTg approving the Scheme to develop production and sale of “tra” catfish in the Mekong river delta up to 2020.

This Decision approves the Scheme to develop production and sale of “tra” catfish in the Mekong river delta. The main objectives of the Scheme are to: promote the advantages and high competitiveness of “tra” catfish rearing in the Mekong river delta in order to make “tra” catfish a stable export of the country; improve living conditions of farmers and fishermen in the Mekong river delta; etc. The Scheme, among other things, aims at: reorganizing the production and sale of “tra” catfish by forming high-yield rearing zones linked with processing establishments under local development planning; building and improving production infrastructures; and increasing the state management of and the application of advanced technologies to breed production, commercial rearing, feed production and treatment of the rearing environment to raise product quality.

Viet Nam · 2009-12-04