Ninh Binh province delegation visits Egypt

The delegation included leaders of a number of provincial departments, branches and sectors; leaders of Yen Khanh and Nho Quan districts.

Egypt is a key market for national companies in the Middle East and North Africa region. Egypt's economy depends primarily on agriculture, brokerage, oil exports, and tourism. Egypt has a GDP per capita of $5,800, ranking 133rd in the world. The Egyptian government has accelerated economic growth in the new millennium through economic reforms and investment in telecommunications and infrastructure. Economic conditions are beginning to improve significantly after a period of stagnation due to the liberalization of government economic policies, increased tourism revenues, and a booming stock market. Egypt has had a thriving media and arts industry since the late 19th century.

Vietnam is an important partner of Egypt in the region; the two sides still have much room and potential for cooperation, especially in the fields of economics, investment, and people-to-people exchange. With Egypt having signed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with MERCOSUR, Arab, African..., Vietnamese enterprises can take advantage of these FTAs to increase the export of goods to serve the 2 billion people in the above markets.

As both developing countries, Vietnam and Egypt have a lot of room for cooperation, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Vietnam and Egypt are both large markets with more than 100 million people, have important geostrategic positions on the world map and can support each other to penetrate larger regional markets. With the advantage of being a member of many free trade agreements (FTAs) at the regional level, Vietnam can be a bridge for Egyptian goods and services. Conversely, with a prime location at the intersection of three continents: Asia, Europe and Africa, and being a member of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Egypt can support Vietnamese goods and services to access these large markets effectively.

Working with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade promotion and cultural exchange between Ninh Binh province and Egypt, Comrade Mai Van Tuat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and members of the delegation exchanged information on the socio-economic situation, development perspectives and major orientations on investment attraction and socio-economic development of the province.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized: Ninh Binh Province is aiming to attract, focusing on the following areas: eco-tourism and high-end resort services; training high-quality human resources; building infrastructure for industrial parks, tourist areas, and urban areas; automobile manufacturing and assembly; supporting industries for the automobile manufacturing industry; production of electronic components; clean, high-tech industries; development of high-tech agriculture and agricultural processing. Special priority is given to attracting projects with modern technology, environmentally friendly, effectively using resources, minerals, land, creating conditions and enhancing attraction and connection with domestic and foreign enterprises and investors. The province has been consistently and effectively implementing the "Green and Sustainable" economic development orientation, taking the preservation and promotion of the value of cultural-historical heritage and the fine traditions of the people of the ancient capital as a resource and driving force for development.

During his working trip to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Comrade Mai Van Tuat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, sincerely thanked the support and assistance of the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt for having a working session with the delegation of Ninh Binh province; hoping that the working session will create a premise to help Ninh Binh province get closer to potential partners and investors of Egypt to learn about the potential and strengths of the investment environment of Ninh Binh province.

Comrade Nguyen Duy Dung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Arab Republic of Egypt, highly appreciated the potential and strengths of Ninh Binh as well as the development orientation of the province. He requested Ninh Binh to provide more details and specifics about Ninh Binh's strengths to coordinate with the functional agencies of Vietnam and Egypt to promote trade. Currently, Egypt is very interested in garment products, automobiles, OCOP agricultural products, so Ninh Binh can exploit the large market of Egypt.

* During the working program, the Delegation had a working session with Luxor province (Egypt) to learn about solutions to improve the quality of activities of elected bodies in order to maximize the role of local authorities.

Ninh Binh province delegation visits Egypt — The delegation of Ninh Binh province took a souvenir photo with the leaders of Luxor province (Egypt).

Comrade Mai Van Tuat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, emphasized: Ninh Binh province and Luxor province signed a Friendship and Cooperation Agreement during the official visit of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Arab Republic of Egypt in August 2018. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two sides have not had many cooperation, exchange and communication activities. On behalf of the leaders of Ninh Binh province, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council hoped that in the future, Ninh Binh province and Luxor province will have many practical and focused cooperation activities in areas such as culture, tourism, economy, and exchange of high-level delegations.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also provided more information about the activities of the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Council as well as the major orientations of the province. The Ninh Binh Provincial People's Council has 50 delegates directly elected by voters, the term of office of the Provincial People's Council delegates is 5 years. In recent years, the Provincial People's Council has focused on directing the improvement of the quality of programs and action plans, especially improving the quality of the sessions and meetings of the Provincial People's Council, innovating the work of meeting voters, and the questioning sessions at the sessions of the Provincial People's Council, making an important contribution to the socio-economic development of the province.

In recent years, the province has promoted the position, role and endogenous strength of culture and education for sustainable economic and tourism development. The province's orientation is to focus on comprehensive and synchronous development of the fields of culture and education; ensure harmonious connection between economic development with culture, society and education; improve people's lives, pay attention to public policies and public services towards the grassroots (people) to improve the quality of life.

At the working session, the delegation of Ninh Binh province and the leaders of Luxor province exchanged and discussed provincial governance; the promulgation of public policies and public services; and shared experiences to have orientations for innovation of public services, economic development, culture-society, education and tourism in the coming time.

The Governor of Luxor Province emphasized: Ninh Binh Province and Luxor have many similarities, Luxor is also the ancient capital of Egypt. The leaders of Luxor Province wish to promote the implementation of the contents signed by the two provinces in 2018; continue to exchange experiences in exploiting tourism potential, promoting the advantages of heritages; promote coordination in training and fostering human resources, especially sending students from the two provinces to study and research.

On behalf of the working delegation, Comrade Mai Van Tuat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, thanked the leaders of Luxor province for taking the time to arrange and organize the meeting; hoping that in the future, Ninh Binh province and Luxor province will promote more exchange and cooperation activities for mutual development. Thereby contributing to promoting the cooperative relationship between the two localities, expanding diplomatic relations for the development of the two countries Vietnam-Egypt.

* Also in Luxor province, the delegation had a working session with the Egyptian Antiquities Commission of the International Council of Museums (ICOM CIPEG) to learn from experience in preserving, conserving and promoting cultural heritage.

At the meeting, Comrade Mai Van Tuat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council informed the Egyptian Antiquities Committee about a number of issues related to tourism and the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage values of Ninh Binh province: Ninh Binh has issued policies to exploit and develop tourism from the advantages of natural landscapes, historical relics and intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, tourism development has brought about many effective aspects, making significant contributions to the structure of the whole province's GRDP, initially creating a shift in the local economic structure towards increasing the proportion of the service sector, promoting the socio-economic development of the province; at the same time, contributing to the conservation of cultural values, resources and environment as well as raising awareness and responsibility of all levels, sectors and communities.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also highlighted the position and role of the Egyptian Antiquities Commission: The Commission promotes cooperation among colleagues to research, preserve and present Egyptian collections, monuments and sites. In addition, it supports Egyptian art and archaeological collections, including those of ancient Sudan, with a particular focus on smaller collections, within the framework of the International Council of Museums and in close cooperation with the International Egyptological Association. The Egyptian Antiquities Commission has supported and cooperated with its members in the conservation of cultural heritage through training, information, research, cooperation and advocacy programs aimed at promoting the field of conservation and restoration of world heritage as well as raising awareness of the importance of cultural heritage to humanity.

The two sides exchanged, shared and learned experiences in preserving and promoting the province's cultural heritage, especially in managing museum activities. The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized: The working session will create a premise to help Ninh Binh province have more directions for research, training and cooperation programs in the conservation of cultural heritage, on that basis, there will be directions to build a cooperation program to improve the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage between Ninh Binh province and the Egyptian Antiquities Commission.

* During the working program, the delegation surveyed the actual models of combining conservation and promotion of the values of Egypt's world cultural heritage; surveyed the Cairo city market.

The working visit to Egypt of the Ninh Binh Provincial Delegation led by Mr. Mai Van Tuat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, ended successfully with many effective and practical activities; contributing to enhancing the diplomatic relations and trade promotion activities between Vietnam and Egypt in general and between Ninh Binh province and Luxor province (Egypt) in particular.

According to the working program, from October 15 to 17, the Ninh Binh Provincial Delegation will visit and work in South Africa.

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