vn us shrimp food factory 20 mai 02

First shrimp feed factory put inplace in Phu Yen
(SGT- 2/5/2002)- Wholly American-owned AsiaHawaii Ventures Co. Ltd. put into operation a shrimp feed processing factory in thecentral province of Phu Yen on Sunday.

This is thefirst wholly foreign-owned project to come into operation in the Hoa Hiep Industrial Park,said Nguyen Chi Hien, head ofthe Phu Yen Industrial Park Authority.

The factory capitalized at US$5 million will turn out60,000 tons of feed for shrimp annually.

Asia Hawaii Ventures also started work on a projectcapitalized at US$5 million to produce disease-free breeder shrimp and raise industrialshrimp on some 50 hectares of sand areas in Hoa Hiep Bac Commune in Tuy Hoa District onthis occasion.

Phu Yen, which houses 3,000 hectares for shrimp breeding,and other localities having large area for tiger shrimp breeding such as Khanh Hoa, NinhThuan and Binh Thuan need large volumes of breeder shrimp and shrimp feed.. Farmers,however, have to buy imported feed for shrimp because of the lack of feed mills in thelocality and Asia Hawaii Ventures' factory will help meet part of the demand.