Nghe An Provincial Leaders Work with the British Ambassador

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 30, a delegation from the British Embassy in Hanoi led by Ambassador Giles Lever visited and worked in Nghe An.

Receiving and working with the delegation were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, representatives of leaders of relevant departments and branches.

Overview of the working session.

Comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council introduced to the delegation some characteristics of Nghe An province.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Ho Duc Phoc informed the working delegation about the general situation of the province. Nghe An is a province with a large area, long border, the 4th largest population in the country, rich mineral resources, and the largest biosphere reserve in Southeast Asia. The cultural and educational fields have achieved many positive results in recent times, with many students winning national and international awards.

The province also focuses on industrial development, applying high technology in agricultural production, promoting cooperation between foreign small and medium enterprises and local farmers to develop agricultural products. With the above conditions, Nghe An is affirming its leading position in the North Central region and striving to become a fairly well-off province in the Northern region by 2020.

Regarding human trafficking in the province, due to the mountainous terrain, with more than 440,000 ethnic minorities living, there are still many limitations in social and legal awareness, many people are often lured and tricked into being sold abroad. However, Nghe An has been fighting strongly against human trafficking, raising awareness among the people, handling many human trafficking cases and prosecuting many defendants. In 2015, the province received and supported 29 victims to return to their hometowns and stabilize their lives.

Ambassador Giles Lever looks forward to continuing cooperation with Nghe An in the field of combating human trafficking and many other aspects of cooperation.

Representing the delegation, Ambassador Giles Lever emphasized the seriousness of human trafficking crimes, highly appreciated the cooperation between Vietnam and the UK to deal with this problem, and wished to continue to maintain and promote bilateral cooperation between the UK and Vietnam in general and Nghe An in particular to be increasingly closer to prevent human trafficking. The Ambassador also expressed his desire to discuss further with Nghe An province about the possibility of cooperation in the fields of education, scientific research, trade, industry, etc.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee welcomed and committed to creating conditions for the UK to soon complete the Shelter project for victims to reintegrate into the community for victims of human trafficking.

Also at the meeting, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reviewed some aspects of the cooperation situation between Nghe An and the UK, and proposed some potential areas of cooperation between the two sides such as education, investment in industry, agriculture, etc.

Provincial Party Secretary Ho Duc Phoc presented a souvenir to Ambassador Giles Lever.

Thu Giang