Bac Giang aims to mobilise outside resources for the provincial socio-economic development (Photo: VNA) Under a project on strengthening international cooperationin the 2021-2025 period, districts and Bac Giang city will strive to establish cooperativerelations with 2-4 foreign localities that are strong in industrial andindustrial park-urban infrastructure, smart city, industrial development,trade, service, technology, high-tech agriculture, as well as technologies inharvesting, preserving, processing, and export of farm produce.
Bac Giang will promote its activeness and creativeness indirecting and managing external relations activities and mobilising resourcesfor its development.
Along with effectively optimising its partnership with traditionalpartners, mostly in northeast and southeast Asia, Bac Giang will continue toexplore opportunities to partner with localities in American, European andMiddle-East countries, while expanding cooperation with organisations,businesses and Vietnamese associations in these countries.
The province will continue to renovate the method ofapproaching and mobilising resources from the Vietnamese community abroad.
Bac Giang will focus on developing its relations at alllevels with the Vietnamese community abroad, especially Vietnameseentrepreneurs’ associations and other organisations of Vietnamese people inother countries to attract their resources.
Bac Giang, a Red River Delta province situated about 50 km tothe east of Hanoi, has a favourable geographical and economic location. Surroundedby major economic hubs, ports, and national highways,Bac Giang is located at the crossroads of major trade routes. It lies adjacent to the Hanoi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh key economic triangle, 110 kmfrom the Huu Nghi Border Gate with China, 100 km from the Hai Phong seaport,and 40 km from Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.
The locality has favourable weather conditions and is less affectedby natural disasters, with stable stratigraphy, fertile land, and beautifulnatural landscapes. The province is the fruit capital of the north, rankingthird nationwide in terms of fruit farming area. Bac Giang’s Luc Ngan litchi hasbeen exported to many foreign markets such as the US, Japan, China, France,Thailand, and Singapore. Bac Giang is also strong in livestock, poultrybreeding, citrus fruit farming and vegetable processing.
According to Director of the provincial Department ofExternal Relations Ngo Bien Cuong, from now to 2030, Bac Giang plans to buildabout 20 industrial - urban - service zones with a total area of nearly 6,000hectares with modern infrastructure, along with 51 industrial clusters coveringmore than 2,000 hectares in all of its districts and cities.
Cuong said that the province hopes to expand its relationswith foreign localities that have similar features in culture andsocio-economy.
Major areas in which the province wants to cooperate with foreignlocalities include industry, trade, service, agriculture, labour, culture andsociety, he said.
Over the years, Bac Giang has enjoyed fruitful results inexternal relations. In the first six months of this year, the provinceconducted many important foreign relations events such as sending delegationsto work in Singapore and the US, while organising various internationalevents, receiving many foreign guests and organsing the badminton competitions ofthe 31th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).
At the same time, the province has effectively promotedactivities to call for foreign non-governmental aid and mobilise resources fromthe Vietnamese community abroad. It has fostered local-level internationalcooperation, while strengthening cultural diplomacy and communications.
Last year, Bac Giang signed a cooperation agreement withXaysomboun province in Laos towards 2025, involving delegation exchanges,experience sharing, agricultural support, health care, education-training,culture-sports and tourism, and investment and construction./.
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