Salt output to top 1 million tonnes
HCM CITY (VNS)— Salt output is likely to increase by 18 per cent this year to reach one million tonnes, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.
This would be enough to meet domestic demand, the ministry claimed. Production up to June 15 stood at almost 800,000 tonnes, including 193,000 tonnes produced industrially.
The ministry attributed the increase in output to favourable weather conditions in the central region.
It has instructed industrial producers to improve infrastructure at salt field level. Salt prices remained reasonably high, enabling farmers to make decent profits, the ministry said.-VNS