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Binh Duong looks to step up trade, investment ties with Argentine localities

A delegation of Binh Duong province led by Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hoang Thao paid a working visit to Argentina on April 7-10 to explore investment opportunities and expand business cooperation with localities and the business community of the South American country.
Binh Duong looks to step up trade, investment ties with Argentine localities ảnh 1Binh Duong province's delegation works with representatives of the MERCOSUR – ASEAN Chamber of Commerce (Photo: VNA)
Buenos Aires (VNA) – A delegation of Binh Duong province led by Vice Secretary of the provincial Party CommitteeNguyen Hoang Thao paid a working visit to Argentina on April 7-10 to explore investmentopportunities and expand business cooperation with localities and the businesscommunity of the South American country.

During a working session with representatives of Santa Feprovince, Thao briefed them Binh Duong's socio-economic development, affirming thesouthern province is ready to facilitate the connection with suitable partners, thus openingup opportunities to improve the efficiency of trade and investment cooperation.

Being home to 30 industrial parks with a total area of over12,700 ha, Binh Duong is one of the leading localities nationwide in attractingforeign direct investment (FDI), he noted.

For her part, Julieta De San Felix, Senior Advisor onInternational Cooperation and Regional Integration to the Governor of Santa Fe,said that Vietnam is the second largest international trade partner of the centrallocality.

She expressed her wish that Santa Fe will become Argentina's pioneerlocality in promoting multifaceted relationswith Vietnam and Binh Duong in particular, especially in investmentand trade.

The two sides agreed to coordinate in building programmes to promoteexchange of culture, tourism, science - technology, and education, people-to-peopleexchange, and experience sharing, thus creating a foundation for strongercooperation between the Vietnamese and Argentine localities.

They hoped that a Letter of Intent on enhancing bilateralcooperation between Binh Duong and Santa Fe will be signed soon.

During their stay, the delegation had meetings with representativesof the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) –ASEAN Chamber of Commerce, and Vietnamese Ambassador toArgentine Duong Quoc Thanh./.
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