Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (R) receives Chief Minister of India’s Gujarat state Bhupendra Patel (Photo: VNA) Quang stressed that cooperation opportunitiesbetween Vietnam and Gujarat are being opened up, especially since the launch ofdirect flights between the state and Vietnam’s two major cities of Ho Chi MinhCity and Hanoi in November 2022, with a frequency of 14 flights a week; and asmany Gujarat-based corporations plan to invest in the Southeast Asian country.
He proposed the chief minister continuepaying attention to boosting the two sides’ cooperation, including stepping updelegation exchanges, increasing the efficiency of economic, trade andinvestment ties, speeding up negotiations to raise flight frequency, andstrengthening collaboration between the two countries’ localities.
Bhupendra Patel expressed heed to information shared by Quang about the Vietnamese situation, particularly itsmechanisms and policies to create favourable conditions for foreign investors,including those from India, in the fields it has needs such as energy,infrastructure, seaport, oil and gas, innovation, green economy, and digital transformation.
According to him, there is huge potentialfor cooperation and investment for Vietnamese businesses inGujarat, as the state is located in an important geographical location in theAsian - Middle East – European infrastructure connectivity.
Quang took the occasion to invite BhupendraPatel to visit Vietnam to seek collaboration potential and opportunities, andthe latter accepted the invitation./.