An overview of the Horasis China Meeting 2024 (Photo: VNA)
Binh Duong (VNA) – The Horasis China Meeting 2024 themed “Vietnam andChina drive ahead” opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on April 15.
The international event, co-organised bythe provincial People's Committee and the Horasis economic forum, the BecamexIDC Corporation, and the China Federation of Industrial Economics, marked a stepforward in promoting economic cooperation between Vietnam and China, thus openingup great opportunities for breakthroughs in new investment cooperationpotential.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha saidthat the meeting creates an opportunity for all parties to share vision, seekopportunities, and strengthen cooperation in innovation, sustainabledevelopment, and science and technology.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha
It is not only a good chance for Binh Duongto promote the image of the province in particular and Vietnam in general tointernational friends, but also an opportunity for international businesses tolearn about Binh Duong as an attractive, reliable investment destination, and aland worth living in, with long-term development and investment efficiency.
The Vietnamese Government will alwayslisten to and create good mechanisms for investors, Ha said. Initiatives shared at the meeting sessions will help the Government build adaptive policies for integration for the future of the world,including strengthening connectivity and cooperation for the common developmentgoal not only in Vietnam but also over the globe.
Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Vo Van Minh said that by hosting the Horasis China Meeting, BinhDuong hopes to find important solutions, create favourable conditions forentrepreneurs to access development strategies, and intensify new cooperationto promote economic development.
On this occasion, Binh Duong granted investmentapproval decisions and investment registration certificates to 17 domestic- andforeign-invested projects./.
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An overview of the Horasis China Meeting 2024 (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha 
