Nghe An Provincial People's Council works with Gwangju City Council (Korea)
(Baonghean.vn) - On May 22, at Gwangju City Hall (Korea), the delegation of Nghe An Provincial People's Council had a working session with Gwangju City Council.
Attending the meeting were Mr. Jeong Mu Chang - Chairman of Gwangju City Council and leaders of the City Council.
On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, leaders of the Department of Foreign Affairs and related units.
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Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Huyen |
Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh affirmed: After more than 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea, cooperation activities in all fields from foreign affairs, trade, investment, tourism, culture, education, sports, etc. between the two countries have increasingly developed. In particular, cooperation between the National Assembly and local elected bodies of the two countries is also highly focused.
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Mr. Jeong Mu Chang - Chairman of Gwangju City Council presented souvenirs to Nghe An Provincial People's Council. Photo: Thanh Huyen |
Nghe An, the hometown of President Ho Chi Minh, is the province with the largest area and the fourth largest population in the country; its economic scale and foreign direct investment attraction FDI are in the top 10 of Vietnam. To date, Nghe An has 23 Korean FDI projects and the number of Korean FDI projects in Nghe An is forecast to continue to increase sharply in the coming time; import-export turnover between Nghe An and Korea accounts for 21% of the total import-export turnover of the whole province.
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Mr. Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province presented a souvenir to the Gwangju City Council. Photo: Thanh Huyen |
In 2022, the People's Council of Nghe An province welcomed, held talks and signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Gwangju City Council. The two provinces have also carried out many activities to promote cooperation in investment, trade, tourism, culture, sports, education, vocational training and labor export.
At the meeting, delegates from both sides discussed issues within the framework of cooperation, especially the contents related to the 2022 Cooperation Minutes to contribute to promoting the cooperative relationship between the two localities to develop further.
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Leaders and officials of Gwangju City Council (Korea) and Nghe An Provincial People's Council (Vietnam) take a souvenir photo. Photo: Thanh Huyen |
