Officials of Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Russia pose for a group photo at the meeting on February 20. (Photo: VNA)Welcoming the Russian delegation,Secretary of the Ba Ria - Vung Tau Party Committee Pham Viet Thanh describedhis guests’ visit as a demonstration of the flourishing ties between Russia andVietnam, including his province, and a contributor to the countries’comprehensive strategic partnership.
Yatskin emphasised the long-standing bilateralrelations, suggesting that aside from oil and gas, the two sides should explorecooperation chances in many other fields, including renewable energy.
For his part, Chairman of the Ba Ria - Vung Tau People’s Committee Nguyen VanTho said the province is currently home to five investment projects worth 17.8million USD from Russia. It also has two valid agreements with Russianlocalities at present, including the Nenetskiy autonomous region (signed in2010) and the Republic of Bashkortostan (in 2017).
Meanwhile, Ba Ria - Vung Tau inked a cooperation deal with Rostov in 2000, butafter years of implementation, their development directions have changed much. Therefore,the two provinces decided to terminate this agreement in 2022 to consider a newone.
Rostov Governor Golubev Vasily Yurievich pointed out cooperation prospects ofthe two sides in the fields his locality is strong at, including supplyingcereals, cooking oil, oil refining equipment, and metal products; purchasingseafood and products of the light industry; and renewable energy.
At the working session, participants looked into potential cooperation areasand discussed agreements for signing./.
VNA
