Long An’s leaders visit and work with the University of Melbourne and Costa Agriculture Group

On September 29, 2022, leaders of provinces, departments, branches and businesses joined the delegation to visit the University of Melbourne. At the reception, Ms. Carmel Murphy - Executive Director of International Training shared information about the establishment of the university, the training faculties at the university, the number of students studying from other countries and Vietnam attending school. In particular, she assessed that Vietnamese students have a relatively high rate of graduation and completion of the course, etc.

The provincial delegation take a souvenir photo with the school

Through the presentation, provincial leaders expressed their thanks to Ms. Carmel Murphy, there will be cooperation connections in training students to study at the university, exchange of experiences on research between Long An and the University of Melbourne in the coming time.

Vice Chairman of Long An Provincial People's Committee - Pham Tan Hoa presents souvenirs to the school

In the afternoon of the same day, the delegation visited Costa Agricultural Group. Here, the delegation was shared information about the Group by Mr. Peter Vu - Regional Managing Director. It started as a local fruit and vegetable shop in the heart of Geelong, Victoria in 1888 and has now become an international corporation that successfully grows, packs and markets agricultural products.

Mr. Peter introduced to the delegation about the mushroom growing process here with the output accounting for 40 percent of the market share, supplying nearly 1,000 tons of mushrooms to supermarkets and retail stores across Australia every month.

Costa is Australia's leading horticultural group and the largest supplier of fresh agricultural products to food retailers and major supermarkets in Australia such as Woolworths, Coles, Target, so on in Australia.

Costa's operations include approximately 7000 hectares of arable land, 40 hectares of greenhouses and three mushroom growing facilities across Australia. Costa also has strategic interests abroad, with majority-owned projects including six blueberry farms in Morocco and four berry farms in China. Costa has farms across 30 regional sites across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, as well as logistics facilities serving agricultural produce in Melbourne.

The provincial delegation takes a photo with the Costa - Melbourne Management Board 

Through the meeting, the provincial leaders expressed their gratitude and shared information about Long An province with a fairly rich output of agricultural products; Hopefully in the near future, there will be opportunities for cooperation between Long An province and Costa Agricultural Group to invest in agricultural product processing facilities and share farming experiences./.

By Thai Hoa – Translated by Duc Tam 

Source: https://baolongan.vn/lanh-dao-tinh-long-an-tham-va-lam-viec-voi-truong-dai-hoc-melbourne-va-tap-doan-nong-nghiep-costa-a142384.html