Workers handle fresh grapes at the Ba Moi grap farm in Phuoc Thuan commune in Ninh Phuoc district, Ninh Thuan province. (Photo: VNA) The Uttarakhand programme focused ondiscussing opportunities for business and investment partnerships inagriculture, food processing, pharmaceutical production, and forestry.
At the event, Vietnamese TradeCounsellor in India Bui Trung Thuong gave local officials brief informationabout the Southeast Asian country’s economic development in recent years,especially in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, along with economic andtrade ties between the two countries.
He also proposed some orientations forcooperation between Vietnam and India, including Uttarakhand state.
At a meeting with Chief Minister of Uttarakhandstate Pushkar Singh Dhami, Thuong introduced Vietnam’scoffee products and suggested that enterprises from Uttarakhand strengthenrelations with Vietnam in cultivating and processing medicinal plants, andsupplying materials for pharmaceutical production in Vietnam.
For his part, Chief Minister Dhami highlightedhis state’s natural advantages for developing agriculture and forestry, notingthat the local administration is stepping up organic agriculture, animalfarming, dairy processing, food processing, pharmaceutical production, and automanufacturing.
He also expressed his hope forcooperation with Vietnam in developing coffee cultivation in Uttarakhand./.