Nam introduced the guest to the city’s strengths andpotential in the fields of trade, services, processing industry,transportation, healthcare, education, science-technology, tourism, andhigh-tech agriculture. He said the agriculture sector accounts for 8.8 percentof the economy of the Mekong Delta city; industry, 32.5 percent, andtrade-services the majority with over 59 percent.
According to Nam, the city is building more roads andbridges over Hau River, and expanding flights from Can Tho to domestic andinternational destinations.
Can Tho’s beautiful rivers and renowned floating marketsmake it one of the top 10 river city destinations in the world, and as such ithopes to work with Italy in order to fully tap such potential.
Thanks to the huge demand for construction and infrastructure,Can Tho also hopes to partner with the European country in these fields.
D’Ercole, for his part, suggested launching fashion designcentres to improve the product quality and value of Vietnamese fashion companies.He said ICHAM is ready to introduce Can Tho’s potential to Italian fashionhouses during the Italy fashion week in Vietnam.
He said ICHAM is ready to help Can Tho develop its river tourism,adding that ICHAM will work with the authorities of Veneto region, which ishome to Venice - the world famous city of canals, to organize a fact-findingtrip to Can Tho later this year to seek business opportunities in this field.
He added that ICHAM also wants to explore partnership in thefield of infrastructure construction in the locality.
Both sides agreed to hold business meetings to explore cooperationopportunities, particularly on the occasions of trade fairs in Can Tho. ICHAM isalso considering holding Italian cultural and trade days in Can Tho like itdoes in other countries, D’Ercole said.
The host authorities expressed interest in Acrow Bridge group’sprefabricated bridges, designed by Italian engineers and manufactured in the US,which are suitable for use in the Mekong Delta. –VNA