Nam Dinh calls for Italian investment in maritime, green economy

A delegation from the northern province of Nam Dinh, led by Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Pham Gia Tuc, paid a working visit to Italy from October 25-26, aiming to call for Italian investment in maritime economy and green economy.
Nam Dinh calls for Italian investment in maritime, green economy ảnh 1At the conference on Vietnam-Italy partnership in the maritime economy and green economy. (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – A delegation from the northernprovince of Nam Dinh, led by Secretary of the provincial Party Committee PhamGia Tuc, paid a working visit to Italy from October 25-26, aiming to call for Italianinvestment in maritime economy and green economy.

At a conference on Vietnam-Italy partnershipin the maritime economy and green economy with the highlight being Nam Dinh, Tuc said thatthe province always welcomes investors, especially those from Italy, to explorethe local investment environment and opportunities. Nam Dinh province considers the success of investors as its own, he said.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung said that the presenceof Nam Dinh leaders and representatives from localities in thecentral and southern regions of Italy, and many local businesses at theconference showed great demands and potential of cooperation between the twosides in the context that relations between Vietnam and Italy have been growing fruitfully after 50 years of establishment.

The diplomat expressed his hope that the two sides willspecifically evaluate their partnership potential, thus fostering thecollaboration between Nam Dinh and Italy, especially in areas of green economy,maritime economy and digital economy.

Introducing the investment environment of Nam Dinh, PermanentVice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Anh Dung said that the province has astrategic location, abundant workforce, stable economic growth, competitiveproduction costs, open administrative procedures, and huge industrial landreserves.

Nam Dinh is prioritising high-quality foreign investment projectswith high, new and environmentally-friendly technologies, modern governance,high added value and strong influence, and high efficiency in connecting globalproduction and supply chains, he said.

Dung said that Nam Dinh sees investors as its honourablecitizens, while standing ready to provide them with all information they need,protecting their ownership of assets, investment capital, and legal incomes, andsupplying them with necessary infrastructure systems.

For his part, President of the Regional Council of PugliaCera Napoleone said that the visit by the Nam Dinh delegation and the conferenceprovided chances for Puglia and Nam Dinh to strengthen partnership, enabling theregion to access Vietnam and Asia, one of the markets that the region isinterested in, especially in the fields of maritime economy and green economy.

He noted that the maritime economy accounts for 5.5% of the region's total economic production. Currently, an important priority ofthe Puglia region is to comprehensively promote marine economic awareness andcapacity for local administrations, ministries, businesses, and workforces, Napoleonesaid.

He said that Puglia is emerging as Italia’s important hub ofaviation, automation, mechanical engineering, renewable energy, and marineeconomy. The region can cooperate with Nam Dinh and Vietnam in the fields of sustainableexploitation of oil and gas, renewable energy such as offshore wind power, aquacultureand fishing, marine tourism, capacity building and professional knowledge onmaritime management, biodiversity conservation, and marine environmentprotection.

Director of the Tourism Department of Prato city in Toscanaregion Gabrielle Bosi said that the city signed a twinned agreement withNam Dinh in 1975, and has shared historical, cultural and people-to-peopleconnections as well as high cooperation potential with Vietnam. The conference was a chance for the two sides to re-connect and strengthen their friendship, hesaid, affirming that his city hopes to welcome more delegations and businessesof Nam Dinh.

Over the years, locality-to-locality cooperation has been a highlight inthe Vietnam-Italy partnership, with the establishment of many twinnedrelations, including between Hanoi and Lazio and Roma; Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc provinces and Emilia Romagna region; Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Yen Bai provinces and Veneto; and Lam Dong with Como./.
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