At the reception, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Duoc briefed the guests on Long An's socio-economic achievements in 2023, notably a 5.77% economic growth, higher than thenational average of 5.2%. The material and spiritual life of local residentscontinued to improve and annual income per capita reached 96.4 million VND, he said.
To enhance cooperation in all fields betweenthe three provinces in 2024, the official suggested that the three localitiescontinue to well implement border demarcation work in line with the 2019 Protocol,contributing to building and maintaining a border of peace, friendship,cooperation and development.
He also noted the necessity to invest in road and waterway networks in border areas, including international border gates shared by the three provinces, to facilitate the development of trade, services, and goods exchange between thetwo countries.
The leaders of the three provinces pledged to improve theeffectiveness of all-round cooperation, aiming to create new driving forces forthe development of each locality./.