Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee received the Deputy Mayor of Gwangju City Government (Korea)

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung presented flowers and welcomed Mr. Mun Young Hoon - Deputy Mayor of Gwangju City Government (Korea) to visit and work in Nghe An. Photo: Pham Bang

At the reception, Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee expressed his pleasure to welcome the Deputy Mayor, Vice Chairman of the Council and the delegation.Gwangju Cityvisit and work in Nghe An.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee introduced some characteristics of Nghe An province to the working delegation. Nghe An is the province with the largest natural land area in the country, the 4th largest population, like "a miniature Vietnam".

Overview of the reception between Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung and the delegation led by Mr. Mun Young Hoon - Deputy Mayor of Gwangju City Government (Korea). Photo: Pham Bang

Nghe An is the hometown of President Ho Chi Minh - National Liberation Hero, World Cultural Celebrity; a province with a long-standing traditional culture, Nghe An people have a tradition of studiousness, good study, diligence, creativity, training many scholars and intellectuals, contributing to the country. Nghe An has 6 universities, 11 colleges, more than 70 secondary schools and vocational training centers.

Nghe An economic scaleranked 12th in the country, GRDP growth rate in the first 9 months of 2022 is estimated to increase by 9.23%; State budget revenue in the first 10 months of 2022 is estimated to reach nearly 19,000 billion VND (about 870 million USD); Investment attraction in the first 9 months reached about 35,000 billion VND (about 1.7 billion USD), of which, new project investment capital is about 20,000 billion VND (about 900 million USD), attracting FDI of over 600 million USD, entering the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI in the country.

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung expressed his joy to welcome the delegation of Gwangju City (South Korea) to visit and work in Nghe An. Photo: Pham Bang

Up to now, Nghe An province has 109 FDI projects from 14 countries and territories: Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand,... investing with a total capital of over 2.23 billion USD. Of which, there are 24 investment projects from Korean enterprises, with a total investment capital of over 134 million USD. However, this number is still modest, not commensurate with the potential between the two countries and the two localities.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also said that Nghe An is currently focusing on investing in key infrastructure projects to create a foundation for development and industrial park infrastructure projects to attract investment. Hopefully, in the coming time, investors from Korea in general and Gwangju province in particular will come to Nghe An province to invest more.

Members of the Gwangju city delegation. Photo: Pham Bang

Nghe An province attaches importance to the traditional friendship and cooperation with Korean localities in general and Gwangju city in particular. Despite the geographical distance, the two localities have established a close relationship. A month ago, a delegation of Nghe An province led by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long visited and worked in Gwangju city and achieved good results.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung expressed his impression of Gwangju City - the City of Light and believed in its bright future development as the city is focusing on investing in developing high-tech fields such as artificial intelligence, green industry, and human revolution.

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung presented a souvenir to Mr. Mun Young Hoon - Deputy Mayor of Gwangju City Government (South Korea). Photo: Pham Bang

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung presented a souvenir to Mr. Sim Cheol Eui - Vice Chairman of Gwangju City Council (Korea). Photo: Pham Bang

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized that this morning, the two localities will exchange cooperation minutes, sign a memorandum of understanding between Nghe An Provincial People's Council and Gwangju City Council and other cooperation minutes. The signing of cooperation minutes and memorandum of understanding will create a premise to further strengthen and tighten the friendly cooperative relationship between the two localities in the coming time.

In order for the cooperation minutes and memorandums of understanding to be effective, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that the authorities of both sides need to take drastic action, assign and direct subordinate agencies to coordinate in implementing the contents of the minutes in a practical and effective manner. At the same time, he believed that with this good start, the cooperative relationship between the two localities will continue to reap more success in the coming time.

Vice Mayor of Gwangju City Government Mun Young Hoon speaks at the reception. Photo: Pham Bang

Speaking at the reception, Mr. Mun Young Hoon - Deputy Mayor of Gwangju City Government (Korea) expressed his joy at visiting Nghe An province and thanked the leaders of Nghe An province for the warm and thoughtful reception for the delegation.

The Vice Mayor of Gwangju City said that Nghe An and Gwangju have many similarities and believes that in the future there will be many achievements in cooperation. On this occasion, the Vice Mayor of Gwangju City respectfully invited Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung to visit Gwangju City in the near future.

Leaders of Nghe An province (Vietnam) and Gwangju city (South Korea) take a souvenir photo. Photo: Pham Bang