Laos launches project to improve lives of Savannakhet farmers


VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The irrigated agriculture and rural development project will be an essential contribution to food security, commercial crop farming, and rural development to reduce poverty in Savannakhet province.

A construction groundbreaking ceremony for the project took place last week, attended by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Phet Phomphiphak; Savannakhet provincial Governor, Santiphab Phomvihane; Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Laos, Im Moo-hong; Chief of Resident Representative office of Economic Developing Cooperation Fund (EDCF) under the Korea Exim Bank, LEE Dong-Geon, government officials, local authorities and staff of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

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