Delegation of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) visited and worked in Nghe An

Receiving and working with the delegation was comrade Tran Khanh Thuc - Director of Nghe An Department of Foreign Affairs. Also attending were representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors of Nghe An province.

At the meeting, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Tran Khanh Thuc expressed his pleasure to welcome the delegation of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) to visit and work in Nghe An province.

The Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs shared that in recent years, Nghe An's socio-economic development has made remarkable strides. Currently, Nghe An province has 169FDI projectregistered investment, total registered capital of 5.686 billion USD. Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024 will reach nearly 1.75 billion USD; for the third consecutive year, it will be in the top 10 provinces and cities leading in attracting foreign direct investment. Total export turnover is estimated at 3.7 billion USD; import turnover of goods will reach 2.2 billion USD.

Regarding cooperation between Nghe An province and China, currently in the province, China is the country with the largest number of FDI projects invested in Nghe An province with 29 projects, total registered investment capital reaching 1.313 billion USD.

In 2024,export turnoverto the Chinese market is 568.1 million USD. Main export items include: Wood chips, seafood, textiles, cassava starch, shoes, sandals of all kinds, white limestone in lumps, plastic additives, electronic components, etc.

Import turnover from the Chinese market reached 699.3 USD. Main imported items include: Electronic equipment and components; machinery, equipment, raw materials and accessories for textiles, footwear and other raw materials and accessories for production.

Nghe An workers go to work in China mainly for orders in fields where China is lacking labor such as: domestic help, sales staff, janitors, construction workers, mechanics, welding, food processing, textiles, kitchen assistants, etc. From 2020 to 2023, 37,420 Nghe An workers went to China to work under orders from companies operating in sending workers to work abroad. This is also one of the three key overseas labor markets (Japan, China, Korea), always attracting many Nghe An workers to work.

Nghe An Province has established friendly and cooperative relations with Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region since 2010. Since then, the two sides have conducted foreign affairs activities to further strengthen the friendly relationship.

In addition, every year (from 2015 to present), the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, through the Vietnamese Consulate General in Nanning, has supported Nghe An province with 5 scholarships for high school students in the province to study at universities in Guangxi province. This is an opportunity for high school students to study in an advanced educational environment.

To strengthen the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two provinces in the coming time, Director of Nghe An Department of Foreign Affairs Tran Khanh Thuc suggested that Guangxi Department of Foreign Affairs pay attention to and advise on promoting a number of activities as follows: Strengthening high-level delegation exchanges between the two provinces to create political trust for cooperation activities in various fields in the coming time.

At the same time, advising on supporting cooperation to promote economic diplomacy activities, especially supporting the activities of businesses of the two provinces; inviting business delegations of both sides to visit and survey trade cooperation, investment and tourism development; supporting Nghe An in the fields of science and technology, education, etc.

Pleased with the thoughtful and respectful reception of the leaders of Nghe An Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Chu Dong provided general information on the socio-economic development of the province; cooperation between Guangxi province, Vietnam and Nghe An province.

Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Zhou Tong expressed his agreement and high consensus with the opinions and proposals of the leaders of the Nghe An Department of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, he expressed his wish that the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two sides will increasingly develop, expand, deepen and be comprehensive.

The Guangxi Department of Foreign Affairs will advise the province to continue to strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two sides, especially in areas where both sides have strengths such as: Trade, import and export, services, agriculture, tourism, education, etc., contributing to promoting socio-economic development, bringing practical benefits to the people of the two provinces; together building friendship, peace, stability, cooperation and development.

Previously, a delegation from the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) came to offer flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site, Nam Dan.
During the working program in Nghe An, the delegation also visited factories, Chinese companies and enterprises investing in VSIP Industrial Park; learned about the mechanisms and policies to attract FDI enterprises in Nghe An province.