Four directions, one home

Recently, a working delegation led by comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation visited and worked with embassies, a number of corporations and enterprises in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany.

The trip brought positive signals in attracting investment, expanding vision and opportunities for connection and cooperation based on trust, proactive integration and sustainable development.

Owneractively seek reputable investors

Working with the Vietnamese Embassy in Amsterdam, London, Berlin and large corporations such as: AkzNobel Paint Company (Netherlands)West London Chamber of Commerce, German Business Association Asia-Pacific region..., Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy discussed some socio-economic situations, initial results in attracting investment in recent years and the spirit of "5 readiness" in attracting investment of the province.

To achieve the trip's goals, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy asked the delegation members to carefully study the content and learn about the partners in their respective fields. Therefore, during the working sessions, the two sides focused on discussing specific issues.

Always listening and thoroughly answering issues that partners are interested in and need to be clarified, the Provincial Party Secretary also shared when listening to opinions exchanged from the partners about some difficulties in mechanisms, legal policies on investment, business, delays in administrative procedures...; including "unpleasant" opinions such as causing trouble among a group of state civil servants.

As a member of the Party Central Committee and the highest leader of the province, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy pledged to work with the leadership of Nghe An Party Committee and government to create the most favorable conditions possible for foreign investors as well as Vietnamese businesses to invest in Nghe An.

In response to the frank and sincere spirit of the highest leader of Nghe An province, Mr. Vincent Mol - Strategy Director of AkzoNobel Company, a company that has been investing in more than 100 countries, including Vietnam, expressed his wish to soon survey and research the market in the North Central region in conjunction with the markets of Laos and Northeast Thailand; on that basis, it is possible to build more paint factories in Nghe An as suggested by Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy.

Ms. Almut Rosne - member of the Board of Directors of the German Business Association in the Asia-Pacific region, in Hamburg (Germany) affirmed that next year she will organize a business delegation to Nghe An to survey investment opportunities in a number of fields such as electronics, digital transformation, electric cable production, etc.

Ms. Lile, representative of the Vietnam Business Association in the UK, also proposed to research and increase opportunities to import OCOP products from Nghe An to supermarket chains in the UK...

Mandarinin-depth research in a number of fields

During this trip, the major issue that Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation spent time to survey and research was the operations of a number of seaports. Visiting the port of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and the port of Hamburg (Germany), Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation learned in depth about the development planning, investment mechanisms, and management of the State with enterprises; about the operation, exploitation, and logistics connection with seaports in the region and internationally.

During the meeting, the leaders of Hamburg Port said that they are ready to take on the role of an international consulting unit in investing in the construction and operation of international seaports for Nghe An province. This is also one of the province's investment focuses in the coming time, according to the development plan of Nghe An province for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, recently approved by the Prime Minister.

Cooperation in training and human resource utilization was also a matter of concern during the trip. Visiting the Vocational Training Center for Automobile and Electrical Repair in Erfurt City (Germany), Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy learned in detail about the investor, management, priority recruitment subjects, vocational training time and costs, and labor placement after training...

The members of the delegation were really impressed by the facilities, vocational training equipment, the theory teaching combined with practice on modern models, the training linked to the needs of businesses and ensuring jobs and income for workers during and after training. Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy proposed the Research Center for a feasible cooperation plan on vocational training and the use of Nghe An's abundant labor resources for the German market.

Currently, some countries such as the Federal Republic of Germany are lacking more than 600,000 workers each year, especially in the fields of core technology, engineering, construction, nursing... In recent years, the number of Vietnamese workers going to Germany to study at universities and vocational schools has increased significantly; currently, there are 7,400 people studying at many universities and vocational schools in Germany.

Ambassador Vu Quang Minh said: Germany currently has 435 universities of science and application, most of which are public, with very low tuition fees. Based on the province's proposal, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany will continue to connect so that some universities in Germany can cooperate in training, exchange students for internships, and conduct scientific research between the two sides.

Also within the framework of working sessions with embassies of countries and organizations and businesses in the Netherlands, UK, and Germany, a number of issues were of interest to Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the working delegation, such as renewable energy development, organic agricultural production, wastewater and waste treatment technology, cultural exchange cooperation, etc.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy emphasized the proposal for Ambassadors of other countries to help and connect Nghe An so that Nghe An can directly work and cooperate in many aspects with some provinces in neighboring countries that have conditions quite similar to Nghe An province. Ambassadors Ngo Huong Nam, Vu Quang Minh and Chargé d'Affaires To Minh Thu all acknowledged and promised to take note of this proposal of Nghe An province.

Immediately after each working session with Ambassadors and foreign organizations and enterprises, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy directed the Department Directors directly in charge to proactively connect and discuss with partners, and promptly develop a plan to submit to the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee. The Provincial Party Secretary also reminded the secretary to draft a notice assigning work to relevant departments and branches to issue immediately after the end of the working trip.

Four directions, one home

Working with the Vietnamese Embassies in other countries, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation of Nghe An province paid attention to the lives of the Vietnamese community and Nghe An people. The Ambassadors said that the Vietnamese community is increasingly playing a more positive role and influence. The number of Nghe An children is quite large and has made many positive contributions to activities launched by the Embassy. The Provincial Party Secretary hopes that the Vietnamese Embassies in other countries will continue to pay attention and create all conditions for the Nghe community as well as overseas Vietnamese in general to live, study and do business smoothly.

Agreeing and supporting the proposals of the Nghe An Association in Germany on creating more favorable conditions for businesses to invest in their hometown, organizing activities to celebrate the 135th anniversary of Uncle Ho's birthday in Germany next year, Secretary Thai Thanh Quy suggested that the Nghe An Association in Berlin should expand the scope of organizing this event to the Vietnamese and Nghe An communities in some European countries, paying attention to preserving and promoting the cultural capital of Nghe An, especially for the youth.

An impressive destination is the city of Newhaven (England) - home to the Newhaven seaport - the first destination of the patriotic young man Nguyen Tat Thanh in 1913.

Mayor of Newhaven Pinky McLean-Knight said: For many years, the government and people of Newhaven have collected and preserved artifacts and documents about President Ho Chi Minh during his time living and working in the UK with affection and the honor of welcoming one of the greatest leaders of the world.

Knowing that the Nghe An delegation was coming to visit, artist Jo Lamb waited to meet and shared that she was focusing on redrawing images of President Ho Chi Minh in various historical periods, especially the period when he was in England, to participate in an exhibition about him organized by the Newhaven government next year.

Touched by the sentiments of the government and people of Newhaven, on behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy discussed with the Mayor of Newhaven city that Nghe An province will have a plan to accompany the local government to upgrade the Ho Chi Minh space at the Newhaven Museum, provide more digitized documents about President Ho Chi Minh and possibly create conditions for some artists to coordinate with artist Jo Lamb to carry out the project of recreating the image of President Ho Chi Minh through his activities through paintings as proposed by artist Jo Lamb.

Working with the leaders of the Communist Party of Great Britain and a number of political, economic and social organizations abroad, meeting and interacting with many foreigners in Europe, I understand more about the stature, depth and influence of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, culture and ethics among peace-loving and prosperous people, especially in today's international context.

Through information channels, many Nghe An brothers and relatives in Germany, England, and the Netherlands came to welcome and enthusiastically help with some of the delegation's activities. Many people have lived and worked here for several decades, some have just come to study or work, and when they meet, they "come back with Nghe An accent", simple and warm. Many people have made efforts and succeeded, and are now willing to help newcomers. Having met many people of the second generation, who are working in some agencies of the host country's government, some international organizations, or businesses, one can feel the confidence in integration and awareness of preserving Vietnamese cultural lifestyle from the young people.

The friendly meetings show that geographical distance is no longer far away, when in each person's heart there is always the image of homeland and country. And the world is no longer too big, when each country, nation, organization, business, and person understands each other better, unites, and cooperates on the basis of equality and harmonizes the interests of each side, for prosperity, happiness, and sustainable development of our common home, the earth.

Leaving Europe in the cool, fresh early summer weather, looking at the ancient, modern city, looking at the flat green fields, I love and cherish my homeland with many hardships in the scorching hot days even more. I understand more, for Nghe An to develop, with the efforts of solidarity, promoting internal strength to the fullest, we need to broaden our vision, taking advantage of opportunities for deep cooperation with friends and partners near and far. This business trip is one of many efforts, seeking solutions to develop the province until 2030, with a vision to 2045 in the spirit of Resolution No. 39 of the Politburo.