Vietnamese, Chinese localities discuss economic corridor cooperation

Discussions on investment and trade, culture, tourism, health care, education, transportation and logistics, as part of the 10th conference on economic corridor cooperation involving Lao Cai, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh of Vietnam and China’s Yunnan province, took place in Hanoi on November 13.
Vietnamese, Chinese localities discuss economic corridor cooperation ảnh 1Delegates to the opening of the conference on economic corridor cooperation involving Lao Cai, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh of Vietnam and China’s Yunnan province, held in Hanoi on November 13. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Discussions on investment and trade, culture,tourism, health care, education, transportation and logistics, as part of the 10th conference on  economic corridorcooperation involving Lao Cai, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh of Vietnam and China’sYunnan province, took place in Hanoi on November 13.

The organising board received 40 presentationsfrom management agencies, businesses, business associations, universities,research institutes, and experts on the above issues.

In investment and trade, delegates reviewed the progress of investment ininfrastructure to strengthen inter-provincial and inter-regionaltransportation connectivity, and shared experience in promoting trade connectivity, trade infrastructure development and e-commerce.

In culture, they agreed to enhance thesharing of experience in culture management, preservation and promotion of valuesof cultural heritage, museums, libraries and cinematography while exploringopportunities in cultural industry.

As for tourism, they encouraged theestablishment of demand-stimulating alliances between travel businesses fromboth sides to create tourism packages along the economic corridor, with emphasis on providing stronger support for travel agencies in terms of immigration mechanisms,policies and procedures while building destination surveying and marketing events.

Participants also underscored the need toadopt information technology and digital transformation in transportationindustry in combination with the development of logistics services./.
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