On the afternoon of October 13, Comrade Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired a working session with a high-ranking delegation from Asan City, South Korea, led by Mr. Park-Gyeong-gwi, Mayor of the city, on an official visit to the province.
Also attending were comrade Tran Song Tung, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches.
Speaking at the welcoming ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Quang Ngoc expressed his pleasure to welcome and work with the high-ranking delegation of Asan City, South Korea. This is especially the first visit of the Mayor after taking office and right after the two countries Vietnam - South Korea upgraded their relationship to comprehensive cooperation.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also introduced the general geographical location, historical value, and natural conditions of the province. Emphasizing: Since 2016, Ninh Binh province and Asan city have signed a memorandum of understanding, since then the two sides have had many visits and exchanges in many fields, contributing to the socio-economic development of the people of the two countries and the two localities.
Ninh Binh highly appreciates and values the relationship with Asan city, wishing to further strengthen the good relationship between the two localities.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also thanked the special affection of the Asan City government for the Ninh Binh Provincial government over the past years. He believed that the strategic cooperation between the two countries and localities would increasingly develop, bringing many benefits to both localities and the two countries.
At the same time, I hope that the mayor will introduce and connect the Korean Hyundai Group to increase investment in automobile production and supporting industries in Ninh Binh province. I hope to welcome the delegation when Ninh Binh organizes the 2nd Festival.
The Mayor of Asan City also thanked the warm and respectful welcome of the leaders of Ninh Binh Province. He affirmed that over the past 7 years, Asan City has established a sister city relationship with Ninh Binh City, on which there have been many comprehensive cooperation, exchange and communication activities in the fields of industry, culture and labor, and have achieved certain achievements. This is also an important premise for Asan City to continue implementing projects in the coming time with Ninh Binh Province, contributing to making Ninh Binh the leading automobile manufacturing locality in Vietnam.
Emphasizing some similarities between Asan city and Ninh Binh province, especially in industry and export, the Mayor of Asan city affirmed that he will actively introduce and connect so that the Korean Hyundai Group can deploy more investment and production projects in Ninh Binh province.
At the same time, the Mayor of Asan City also expressed his wish to promote further exchanges and cooperation with Ninh Binh province not only in the fields of industry and agriculture but also in the fields of culture and arts.
In particular, the Mayor of Asan City also hopes that Ninh Binh Province will support Asan City in terms of labor resources, and at the same time promote more cooperation models to help create more jobs for workers on both sides, effectively utilize freelance labor resources, thereby contributing to creating stable development for businesses in the two localities.
Providing specific information on the socio-economic situation of the province, policies, opportunities, and investment attraction potential of Ninh Binh province, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Song Tung emphasized: With the strategic view of "fast and sustainable" socio-economic development, the economic growth rate of Ninh Binh province has always been maintained at a relatively high level over the periods, the period 2016-2020 reached nearly 9.07%/year. In the first 6 months of 2023, the GRDP growth rate reached 7.56%, ranking 12th nationwide and 6th in the Red River Delta. The economic structure has shifted positively towards industry and services. The province's budget revenue has grown strongly, in 2022 it has balanced the budget, the revenue ranked 15th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.
In particular, with the motto of developing green and sustainable tourism, up to now, Ninh Binh tourism has become a bright spot on the Vietnam tourism map (among the top 15 destinations, 10 provinces with the highest number of visitors in the country).
Over the past 7 years of cooperation, the two localities have had many meetings, delegation exchanges at all levels and exchanges and cooperation in many fields, achieving important achievements, contributing to promoting the socio-economy in each locality.
Notably, in 2017, Ninh Binh province completed investment procedures to build the Sejung Auto Parts Factory in Ninh Binh province. The factory has been operating stably, contributing to creating jobs for hundreds of workers and increasing the local budget revenue. Currently, over 2,770 workers from Ninh Binh province have gone abroad to work in Korea, mainly in the manufacturing sector.
Ninh Binh province hopes to continue to cooperate with Asan city government in the fields of agriculture, especially seasonal agricultural labor; tourism, education to promote and develop the relationship between the two sides to become more and more in-depth and substantive, becoming a driving force for socio-economic development, bringing benefits to the governments and people of the two localities.
At the meeting, the two sides signed a working memorandum, agreeing to expand cooperation in the agricultural sector through exchange activities, specifically promoting agricultural development training programs, providing seasonal labor to rural areas of Korea, and distributing typical agricultural products of each side.
On the same evening, Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee also held a solemn reception for the high-ranking delegation of ASAN city.
Attending the reception were comrades: Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Song Tung, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thanh Cong, Full-time Member of the National Assembly's Economic Committee, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam - Korea Friendship Parliamentarians' Group, XV National Assembly Delegate; Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Chairman of Thanh Cong Group and his wife, along with a number of departments, branches and sectors in the province; representatives of a number of Korean enterprises that are investing and operating effectively in Ninh Binh.
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