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Kien Giang enjoys effective cooperation with 12 foreign localities

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has so far signed cooperation deals with 12 localities of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, France and Japan, according to the provincial Department of External Affairs.
Kien Giang enjoys effective cooperation with 12 foreign localities ảnh 1A corner of Kien Giang province (Photo: VTV)

Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has sofar signed cooperation deals with 12 localities of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand,the Republic of Korea, France and Japan, according to the provincial Departmentof External Affairs.

Kien Giang province has cooperated with Cambodia’s Kampot, Kep, Preah Sihanouk,Koh Kong and Phnom Penh in the fields of economy, culture-society, security anddefence. Meanwhile, a comprehensive agreement was signed with Laos’ Salavanprovince.

Kien Giang has beefed up ties with Thailand’s Chanthaburi and Trat provinces intourism, agriculture, trade, investment, agriculture, husbandry, education, andculture-sports.

Cooperation deals were signed with the Republic of Korea’s locality anduniversities. The Vietnamese province collaborated with Jeju SpecialSelf-Governing province in economy, culture-society, sports, investmentsupport, business and information exchange in some sectors. Also, it inkedcooperation agreements on vocational training with Kyungnam University andDaedong College.

Collaborative relations were set up with France’s Lorient city in fishing and seafoodprocessing, ship building, education, healthcare, tourism, investment anddevelopment support, and information exchange.

In addition, Kien Giang joined hands with Japan’s Kobe city and Yamaguchiprefecture in the environment, wastewater treatment, agriculture, tourism, andseafood preservation.

The provincial People’s Committee ordered relevant sectors and localities tocarry out the agreements in a practical and effective manner, thus promotinglocal images and potential to lure more investments.

Director of the provincial Department of External Affairs Van Cong Dau saidthat the province will work to enhance information exchange and boostcooperation with localities of India, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

Information on foreign services will be paid due attention to introduce theprovince’s strengths to foreign investors, he said, adding that the provincewill give top priority to developing friendship with potential countries, andthose having long-standing relations with Vietnam.-VNA
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