The moves mark a new milestonein the two localities’ relations, opening up new opportunities for themto boost their partnership, Mittelsachsen Administrator Volker Uhligtold reporters after the signing ceremony.
Uhlig,who visited Thanh Hoa last October, emphasised great potential forbilateral cooepration, especially in technology transfer, biogasproduction and energy.
Thanh Hoa’s representativeoffice will be a reliable destination for German enterprises which areinterested in the Vietnamese market and want to seek partners here.
Last year, Mittelsachsen province also set up its representative office in Thanh Hoa.
Meanwhile, Mai Van Ninh, Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Party Committeeand Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, said the launching ofthe office as well as the signing of the agreements are part of theprovince’s development strategy and its efforts to realise the bilateralpartnership with Mittelsachsen initiated in 2013.
He said he hopes leaders and businesses of both sides will continueworking closely for the effective implementation of the reachedagreements.
On the occasion, the LSTW constructioncompany of Freiberg city signed a deal with Thanh Hoa to implement atrial project to build 10km of road using high technology.
Earlier on August 20, the two localities jointly held a conference onthe Vietnamese economy in Freiberg with the participation of nearly60 German enterprises and some Vietnamese firms.
Atthe event, Uhlig called on both sides to expand their cooperation scale,pledging that his province will support Thanh Hoa in technology.
The Thanh Hoa leader briefed the German firms on the province’ssocio-economic development and preferential policies it gives toinvestors. He also introduced Nghi Son economic zone and a number of keyprojects in the locality.
During the conference,some German companies, mostly operating in banking, wind power, paper,construction and machinery manufacturing, showed their services andproducts.-VNA