Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)'s Branch in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Nguyen Phuong Lam at the online signing ceremony (Photo: VCCI Can Tho)Can Tho (VNA) – Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the MekongDelta city of Can Tho Nguyen Phuong Lam and Netherlands Ambassador ElsbethAkkerman have signed an Action Programme of the Vietnam-Netherlands BusinessPlatform for the Mekong River Delta.
This Action Programme is established under the framework of the Letter ofIntent to establish the Netherlands – Vietnam Business Platform for the MekongRiver Delta, which was signed at the Sustainable Business Event in January 2021.
The platform willserve as an important foundation for the effective transformation ofagriculture in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, especially in water resourcemanagement and agricultural technologies, with the private sector given abigger role in the process.
Ambassador Akkerman said the Netherlands Governmentwill support Vietnam in agricultural transformation, and cooperate withuniversities and institutes in the region to conduct research, while the Netherlands privatesector is ready to work together on sustainable agricultural value changes,agro logistics, inland waterways and agro-water technical solutions.
VCCICan Tho Director Nguyen Phuong Lam affirmed that the establishment of theNetherlands-Vietnam Business Platform in the Mekong Delta is an importantmilestone for the development of agriculture and business in the region.
Activities under the action programme include exchanging and disseminating market and business information between Mekong Delta businesses andNetherlands counterparts, and conducting a studycomprising of market assessment and business development in the Mekong Delta tofacilitate Dutch companies and/or relevant potential projects.
The two sides will work together to hold a Dutch Business Forum as a side eventof VCCI Can Tho’s Economic Forum in December 2021 to promote the Dutch businessdevelopment in the Mekong Delta.
The Netherlands side will support VCCI in the process of preparing the annualMekong Delta Economic Report 2021 by nominating experts to join the evaluationcommittee and co-organizing thematic workshops./.
This Action Programme is established under the framework of the Letter ofIntent to establish the Netherlands – Vietnam Business Platform for the MekongRiver Delta, which was signed at the Sustainable Business Event in January 2021.
The platform willserve as an important foundation for the effective transformation ofagriculture in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, especially in water resourcemanagement and agricultural technologies, with the private sector given abigger role in the process.
Ambassador Akkerman said the Netherlands Governmentwill support Vietnam in agricultural transformation, and cooperate withuniversities and institutes in the region to conduct research, while the Netherlands privatesector is ready to work together on sustainable agricultural value changes,agro logistics, inland waterways and agro-water technical solutions.
VCCICan Tho Director Nguyen Phuong Lam affirmed that the establishment of theNetherlands-Vietnam Business Platform in the Mekong Delta is an importantmilestone for the development of agriculture and business in the region.
Activities under the action programme include exchanging and disseminating market and business information between Mekong Delta businesses andNetherlands counterparts, and conducting a studycomprising of market assessment and business development in the Mekong Delta tofacilitate Dutch companies and/or relevant potential projects.
The two sides will work together to hold a Dutch Business Forum as a side eventof VCCI Can Tho’s Economic Forum in December 2021 to promote the Dutch businessdevelopment in the Mekong Delta.
The Netherlands side will support VCCI in the process of preparing the annualMekong Delta Economic Report 2021 by nominating experts to join the evaluationcommittee and co-organizing thematic workshops./.
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