At the working session (Photo: VNA) Vice Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Hong informed the guest about Can Tho’sexisting strengths, saying that the city is strong in services and agriculture,including rice, fisheries, fruits and animal husbandry.
The city is making thebest use of advantages regulated in the National Assembly’s Resolution No.45/2022/QH15on piloting special mechanisms and policies for its development, he said.
Hong wished that inhis position, the Italian Consul General will step up the signing ofcooperation agreements between Can Tho and Italian localities, as well aspopularise the city’s investment environment to Italian investors, particularlyin hi-tech agriculture, manufacturing and processing, transport, logistics,finance-banking and apparel.
With Italy’s strengths in museum and movie, he hoped that the Italian Consulate General will partnerwith Can Tho to hold screenings of Italian films, photo exhibitions andconcerts while assisting the city in preserving museums and upholding culturalheritage values.
Padula agreed with CanTho’s proposals and vowed to hold economic and cultural activities linking thetwo countries’ localities together on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties next year.
According to themunicipal Department of Foreign Affairs, the city earned over 3 million USDfrom exports to Italy last year, mostly aquatic products, apparel, handicrafts, farmproduce and processed ones while spending 1.33 million USD on imports,including pharmaceutical materials, agricultural drugs and vet medicines.
In the first half of thisyear, its export revenue to Italy hit 79 million USD, predominantly rice, aquatic products, farm produce and processed ones. Meanwhile, imports stood at 0.36million USD, mostly pharmaceutical materials./.
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