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CON DAO — There is a huge potential for agricultural development in Viet Nam's coastal provinces and islands, but the challenge is to achieve it in a sustainable manner, delegates said at a forum held in Con Dao Island on Monday.
The forum was titled "Developing agriculture along coastal provinces and islands in a sustainable manner."
With a coastline that is more than 3,200km long, Viet Nam's coastal zone provides a diverse range of natural resources and favorable conditions for many economic sectors to develop, including fisheries, aquaculture, agriculture, tourism and transportation, said Phan Huy Thong, director of the National Agricultural Extension Center.
Coastal provinces have supplied many specialty products that have become famous in domestic and foreign markets like Phu Quoc and Phan Thiet fish sauce, Ly Son garlic, Phu Quoc pepper and Phu Quoc pearl, Thong said.
They have also been successful in breeding various kinds of shrimp, crabs and fish, enhancing development of the seafood processing industry, he added.
Source: Viet Nam News