Hai Duong province boosts cooperation with neighbouring Bac Giang
The northern province of Hai Duong has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on expanding cooperation with the neighbouring province of Bac Giang during the period from 2020 to 2025.
HaiDuong (VNA) – The northern province of Hai Duong has signeda Memorandum of Understanding on expanding cooperation with the neighbouringprovince of Bac Giang during the period from 2020 to 2025.
Under thedeal, signed at a conference held by the Party Committees of the two provincesin Hai Duong's Chi Linh city on October 5, the two sides committed to boosting partnershipsacross the fields and assisting each other in tapping their potential and advantagesfor mutual development.
Specifically,the two provinces will share experience in developing clean and hi-techagricultural production, including the building of a brand name for lychee,which is grown on large areas in both localities.
They willlook for ways to increase transport connectivity, listing some projects such asa road connecting the special national relic site of Con Son – Kiep Bac and ThanhMai Pagoda of Hai Duong with the West Yen Tu relic site and Vinh Nghiem Pagodain Bac Giang; the Dong Viet bridge connecting Hai Duong’s Chi Linh city and BacGiang’s Yen Dung district; and the upgrade of some sections and Cam Ly flyoveron National Highway 37.
The twosides reached consensus on strengthening collaboration in stopping illegal sandmining, and in protecting water resources in rivers.
Hai Duongand Bac Giang also planned to work together to build tourism products andconnect tourism destinations in the form of “two localities, one destination,” witha focus on linkages between the Con Son – Kiep Bac, Thanh Mai Pagoda, the WestYen Tu relic site and Vinh Nghiem Pagoda. They will coordinate with Quang Ninhprovince to complete the dossier of the Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape, with the aim of seekingUNESCO recognition of the complex as a world natural heritage site.
The two provinces are to collaborate closely inprotecting political security and social order and safety, and fighting alltypes of crime.
According to Hai Duong People’s Committee, theprovince collected over 11 trillion VND (nearly 475 million USD) for the Statebudget, and earned 5.5 billion USD from exports in the first nine months of this year. Three districts and 191communes in the province have so far been recognized as new-style rural areas./.
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At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
