Lao province seeks cooperation opportunities with Binh Duong

A delegation from Laos’ southern province of Attapeu, led by Secretary of the provincial Party Governor Nam Vinhakhet, paid a visit to the southern province of Binh Duong on May 31.
Lao province seeks cooperation opportunities with Binh Duong ảnh 1Secretary of Binh Duong province’s Party Committee Tran Van Nam (right) receives his counterpart Nam Vinhakhet on May 31. (Source: VNA)

Binh Duong (VNA) – A delegation from Laos’ southern province of Attapeu, led by Secretary of the provincial Party Governor Nam Vinhakhet, paid a visit to the southern province of Binh Duong on May 31 to seek cooperation and investment opportunities.

At the meeting, Tran Van Nam, Secretary of Binh Duong province’s Party Committee, was pleased that the Vietnam-Laos traditional friendship and relationship has been ever strengthened and developed extensively in all fields.

Sharing Binh Duong’s development scheme in the future, Nam said Binh Duong has been striving to become a centrally-governed city before 2020 and in order to achieve that goal, the province has been positively implementing breakthrough programmes, including boosting ties with countries in the world and the region, especially with Laos.

Binh Duong is ready to cooperate with Attapeu province and wants cooperation programmes to be deeper and more effective, said Nam.

For his part, Governor of Attapeu Nam Vinhakhet introduced Attapeu’s potential in land, mineral mines, nature tourism and relic sites.

He hoped that Attapeu and Binh Duong will have many cooperation programmes in the fields of agriculture, education and training, health, and in the training of human resources.-VNA

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