(vasep.com.vn) The province of Thue Thien-Hue is cooperating with the C.P Thailand Group to expand shrimp farming on sand in some districts in the province. These farms are in application of Green House technology - an enclosed system for raising safe and disease-free shrimp. Green House is the newest technology used by C.P Thailand. It also appears in many areas over the world.
The objective is to provide high quality shrimp products to domestic and foreign markets, as well as support shrimp producers to develop their brand name.
Under this cooperation, C.P Thailand invested in building processing plant in Phong Dien Industrial Park and 4 shrimp farming ponds with total superficies of 4,000 hectares in Phong Dien and Quang Dien districts. All of them are using Green House technology.
So far, C.P Thailand has had 5 projects on seafood processing, shrimp farming and livestock in Thua Thien-Hue. The total investment is about US$65 million. The group is also running a 15-hectare freezing plant with total investment of US$30 million and production capacity of 10,000 – 12,000 MT of raw shrimp per year.
This is the first enclosed processing chain in Thua Thien-Hue to produce frozen shrimp products to export.