At the reception (Photo: VNA)
Binh Duong (VNA) – Secretary of the southern Binh Duong provincialParty Committee Tran Van Nam hosted a reception on July 7 for Lao Ambassador toVietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang.
Briefing his guest about the province’s socio-economic achievements, Namsaid the province has so far lured over 35 billion USD in foreign direct investment,ranking third nationwide. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the province’s grossregional domestic product (GRDP) still expanded by 6.73 percent in the firsthalf of this year.
Binh Duong also maintains cooperation with Lao localities, especiallyChampasak province, especially in planting rubber trees and joining socialactivities in Champasak and nearby provinces.
Each year, Binh Duong offers training and full scholarships to studentsfrom Champasak. With 84 scholarships granted so far, Binh Duong will continueassisting Laos in human resources training, he said.
Ambassador Houngboungnuang, for his part, wished that Binh Duong wouldcontinue collaborating with Lao provinces, stepping up partnership in thefields of farm produce and rubber latex processing, supporting Lao students inthe province while expanding tourism cooperation between Binh Duong and southernLao provinces./.
