Thai Binh seeks stronger partnership with French localities, businesses
Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thai Binh Nguyen Khac Than has visited France to seek stronger partnership with Auvergne - Rhone – Alpes region and French partners in general.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thai Binh Nguyen Khac Than (second, left) at a business forum in France (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) – Chairman of the People’s Committeeof Thai Binh Nguyen Khac Than has visited France to seek stronger partnership with Auvergne - Rhone – Alpes region andFrench partners in general.
During the visit from October 23-27, Than had ameeting with Philippe Meunier, Vice President of the Council of Auvergne -Rhone – Alpes region, saying Thai Binh is willing and ready tocooperate with a locality of the region to promote strengths of both sides.
Meunier highlighted the fruitful partnership of Auvergne -Rhone – Alpes region with many Vietnamese localities such as Dong Nai, TienGiang and Ho Chi Minh City, stressing that it is willing to expandcollaboration with Vietnamese localities in the fields of agriculture,manufacturing, energy and green, and environmentally friendly infrastructure. Heemphasised that cooperation with Thai Binh is feasible and promising.
The two sides pledged to continue to deepen their cooperation, with Auvergne -Rhone – Alpes region’s choosing a promising province to partner with Thai Binh.
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Within the framework of the visit, businessforums were held in Lyon and Paris, drawing a large number of Vietnamese and Frenchenterprises in many areas such as energy, digital transformation, agriculture,food and urbanisation.
At the forums, Than popularised the potential, cooperation and investmentopportunities of Thai Binh in various fields as well as the province’s investmentattraction policies.
He underlined that the province is prioritising FDI projectsin high-tech agriculture, processing-manufacturing, tourism, saltwaterintrusion treatment, aquatic farming and processing, and renewable energy.
Didier Boulogne, Vice Director of Business France, said that agriculture is a strength of both Thai Binh and France. He held that the two sides will havemuch to do together in the future, especially in farm produce processing./.
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Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thai Binh Nguyen Khac Than (second, left) at a business forum in France (Photo: VNA) 
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