Bac Giang expands economic and cultural cooperation with foreign localities
The province clearly orients the establishment of cooperative relationships between the province, districts and cities in the province with foreign localities with similar and complementary strengths in the economic, cultural and social development while effectively deploying cooperation in areas of mutual interest to bring practical and sustainable benefits to both sides. It helps realize socio-economic development goals, build the image of the province with international friends.
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Representative of the Women’s Union in Xaysomboun province (Laos) presents gift to official of the Women’s Union in Bac Giang province. |
From now until 2025, Bac Giang province will exchange and establish cooperative relations with 2-3 foreign localities in China, Japan, Korea, Laos and ASEAN countries, focusing on partners with exchanged goodwill, information, practical cooperation and friendship activities.
The local districts and cities strive to cooperate with 2-4 suitable foreign localities with advantages in developing industrial infrastructure, industrial-urban zones, smart urban areas, investment in industrial development, trade, services, technology, development of high-tech agriculture in harvesting, preserving, processing and consuming agricultural products.
The cooperation contents include political cooperation, economic cooperation and socio-cultural cooperation. In economic cooperation, Bac Giang and foreign localities promote investment promotion; facilitate citizens, organizations and businesses to learn about the investment environment; connect and support the implementation of investment, production and business projects; coordinate to carry out trade promotion for industrial goods, handicrafts, craft villages and agricultural - forestry - fishery products with specific and strong strengths; create conditions for businesses and traders to learn about markets, production areas to build networks, consume products and use services.
In socio-cultural cooperation, Bac Giang and foreign localities focus on promoting and developing tourism; organize exchange activities, culture promotion to preserve and promote heritage values and contemporary cultural values; exchange experiences and support training, fostering and coaching of high performance sports together with people-to-people exchanges.
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The working delegation from Xaysomboun province (Laos) visits ginseng growing model in Lien Chung commune (Bac Giang province). |
In addition, Bac Giang and foreign localities exchange experts and labor; cooperate in research and share experiences; transfer the scientific and technological advances; develop education and training, health care, environmental protection, information and communication; build rural areas, urban areas, industrial clusters and parks among others.
The Bac Giang Department of Foreign Affairs has actively sought, connected and exchanged with a number of localities in Korea, Japan and China to promote the establishment of cooperative relationships such as Chungcheongnam province (Korea) and Gifu province (Japan).
At the same time, the Department has support localities in the province to find, connect, exchange and implement cooperation agreements with foreign localities. Typically, Bac Giang city signed a cooperation agreement with Nanning city (China) and Seo district, Daejeon city (Korea); Luc Ngan district signed a cooperation agreement with Hekou district, Yunnan province (China) and Anuvong district, Xaysomboun province (Laos); Viet Yen district sought to establish relations with Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province (China)...
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