The Thai Charoen Pokphand group's CP Vietnam Livestock Company will invest between $US6 million to $US9 million in building a white-leg shrimp breeding farm in Phong Dien district, central Thua Thien-Hue province.

The 136ha farm is expected to create jobs for 120 locals at CP Vietnam, which is a wholly Thai-invested business headquartered in Bien Hoa II industrial park, southern Dong Nai province. It has opened branches in central Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Binh Thuan and Khanh Hoa provinces and southern Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces.