Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 22 March this year, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov held talks via videoconference with Director of Mareven Food Holdings (Vietnam) Nguyen Duong.

Mareven Food Holdings specializes in investments in projects for the processing of agricultural products, the production and distribution of food products. The company’s international brand portfolio includes: Rollton, BIGBON, Mareven Professional Food, Petra, Actibo.

During the meeting, further steps were discussed in detail for the construction of a large plant for the production of instant food, soft drinks, dried vegetables, and chips worth US$125 million. The project will be implemented on the territory of the free economic zone "Angren" in Tashkent region. Within its framework, it is planned to create 800 new jobs.

During the negotiations, the Vietnamese partners also announced the current state of work on organizing the activities of a logistics hub in Tashkent region to receive and distribute the company’s products to the markets of Uzbekistan and Central Asian countries. The Uzbek side expressed its readiness to assist in the implementation of the company’s investment initiatives in Uzbekistan.

Following the meeting, the parties developed a format for further interaction in order to successfully implement projects, meaning the launch of production and logistics facilities of Mareven Food Holdings in Uzbekistan and the creation of new jobs.