Organisations of Vietnam and Ontario sign an agreement (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Premier ofOntario (Canada) Kathleen Wynne announced six new agreements betweenorganisations from Vietnam and Ontario, including five in education, during atrade promotion event on December 6 as part of Ontario’s 2017 Business Missionto Vietnam.
It is the first official visit ofPremier Wynne to Vietnam. The premier noted Vietnam holds many potential and saidshe looks forward to long-term partnership with Vietnam and the signing of moreagreements for cooperation in multiple fields.
Two-way trade between Vietnam andOntario reached 3.1 billion USD in 2016, a four-fold increase from 2012 withkey items shipped from Vietnam to Ontario being phones and accessories, fabric,leather footwear and computers.
The event also saw the presence ofrepresentatives from 60 enterprises from Ontario who visited to studyinvestment opportunities in Vietnam.
CEO of bio-fertilizer producer NurtureGrowth Can Nguyen said his firm has operated in Vietnam over the past 2-3 years,testing bio-fertilizer in farms in provinces like Thai Binh and Nam Dinh.
Vietnam has many great fruits but hasyet to be able to bring the fruits to foreign markets due to food safetystandard issues, said Can Nguyen. One of the reasons behind this has beenfarmers’ overuse of harmful pesticides, causing high residue on the fruits, headded.
Nguyen unveiled that Nurture Growthsigned a contract with TS Bio two days ago for technological transfer in fertilizerand soil.
Leaders from MAPAgri and Hibar Systemintroduced their products and services in animal feed and fast-moving consumergoods.-VNA
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