The meeting will be hosted by the municipal People’s Committee and itsDepartment of Planning and Investment.
The event will focus on cooperation in the key fields of health, agriculture,trade and services, information and communications, transport, and jobs andlabour in Can Tho City and An Giang, Kien Giang, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Bac Lieuand Ca Mau provinces.
The localities will discuss support for treatment for COVID-19 patients,sharing of vaccines and medical essentials, and dissemination of guides onhealth treatment at clinics and hospitals in seven provinces and city.
They will also discuss promoting connections between manufacturers andsuppliers and traders and trade promotion agencies. In addition, they will tryto find ways to sell their specialties and agricultural products on onlinetrading platforms.
Can Tho City and the six provinces aim to establish an economic entity, or acommodity market, to promote online trade and tourism.
They will create a priority lane for transport of medical equipment, essentialgoods and forces serving pandemic prevention and control, along withagricultural and aquaculture products and construction materials.
Passenger and goods transport, as well as logistics, in the region will also beenhanced.
The seven localities cover more than 24,100 square kilometres with a totalpopulation of 9.2 million.
According to the Ministry of Health, since the fourth wave, the Delta regionhas recorded more than 23,300 COVID-19 cases and 325 deaths.
The localities have controlled the outbreak and are returning to a new normal./.