Dien Bien province, Korean partners cooperate in different fields

At the event (Photo: VNA)

Dien Bien (VNA) – The northern province ofDien Bien have signed memoranda of understanding on cooperation with the Vietnam-KoreaBusiness and Investment Association (VKBIA), the Korea Chamber of Business inVietnam (Korcham) and businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The cooperation documents, inked at a conference in Dien Bien Phu city on March 21, cover technology transfer in ginseng cultivation and processing and agriculturaldevelopment, investment attraction and tourism in Dien Bien.

According to Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Le Thanh Do, Dien Bien has favourable conditions for agro-forestryand tourism development. However, the province still lacks projects by biginternational investors in these fields.

Briefing the participants on Dien Bien’s developmentorientations, including the renewable energy development plan, Do called on Korean firms to help the province with the study work and pourlong-term investments there.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee NguyenVan Thang affirmed that Dien Bien is ready to create favourable conditions forinvestors, especially in agro-forestry and tourism.

Earlier, VKBIA and Korcham made a field-trip to TuanGiao district to study its potential for ginseng growing./.

VNA