Hau Giang province works to attract Korean investment
The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang held a workshop in Gwangju city, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on August 4 to call for the Northeast Asian country’s investment in the fields it is prioristing.
Hau Giang province holds a workshop in Gwangju city on August 4 to call for the Republic of Korea's investment (Photo: VNA)
Seoul (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of HauGiang held a workshop in Gwangju city, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on August 4to call for the Northeast Asian country’s investment in the fields it isprioristing.
Chairman of the Hau Giang People’s Committee LuVan Hung highlighted his province’s natural and social advantages, noting thataside from the Government’s incentives for foreign investment, Hau Giangpledges to create more favourable conditions for foreign investors, especiallythose from the RoK.
The RoK is an important partner of Vietnam aswell as Hau Giang since it is an agricultural products importer and also asupplier of production, processing and preservation technologies and machineryfor the province.
Officials from the Vietnamese provinceintroduced prioritised projects that need investment, including those in hightechnology, agriculture using bio-technology, and tourism.
As both Hau Giang and Gwangju boast strength inagriculture and processing, the two sides can easily have a common voice incooperation activities in the time ahead, they said.
At the workshop, representatives of RoKbusinesses raised questions to learn more about Hau Giang’s incentives andnatural conditions. They valued the province’s human factor in investmentattraction efforts.
The two sides affirmed that they will keepcontact to step up investment and cooperation in the coming time.
During their trip to the RoK, the Hau Giangdelegation signed a cooperation agreement on enhancing the province’s relationswith the Vietnamese people association in Gwangju, where about 15,000 of the150,000 Vietnamese in the RoK are living.-VNA
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Hau Giang province holds a workshop in Gwangju city on August 4 to call for the Republic of Korea's investment (Photo: VNA) 
