Can Tho supports promoting cooperation and requesting investment at the France Climate Change Summit.

DNHN - Recently, a delegation from Can Tho led by the chairman of the city's people's committee, Tran Viet Truong, travelled to France on business to promote cooperation, solicit investment, and attend the Transformation Summit.

The delegation met with Pierre Baillet, permanent secretary of the International Association of Francophone Mayors, to discuss projects the two sides are jointly implementing, such as supporting equipment for schools, improving skills for women, and environmental sanitation. The delegation also visited Rungis wholesale market to learn about experiences in building a centre for linking, producing, and consuming agricultural products in Can Poem.

Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City Tran Viet Truong, who attended the 2023 Climate Change Summit at the invitation of the Nice city government, contributed a presentation titled "Pesticide-free agriculture deep" to the discussion session on clean agriculture. During the transition to ecological agricultural production models, green agriculture, and organic agriculture, exchange and share experiences. From there, develop Developing farming practises of farmers, limiting exposure to pesticides to protect one's own and one's family's health, the environment, and the agricultural industry's economics.

Can Tho's proposed policies and solutions emphasise the application of science and technology to agricultural production. Do not cultivate in soil or water contaminated with agricultural chemicals; do not use pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilisers, growth stimulants, or genetically modified seeds. Instead, use only the beneficial biological pesticides on the list of Vietnam-approved pesticides. Consequently, the City of Can Tho encourages farmers to use plant protection products derived from organic and safe sources. Contribute to the enhancement of the quality and competitiveness of agricultural products and the enhancement of worker income.

Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang lauded Can Tho City's efforts over the past decade to promote and cultivate relations with French municipalities and French partners, and reaffirmed the Embassy's readiness. In the future, we will continue to support the development of Can Tho City and other Vietnamese municipalities, and we will further strengthen our relationship with Vietnam.

The delegation also met with experts from the French Development Agency (AFD) to solicit funding for the city's priority projects in the fields of health, information technology, and agriculture. At the meeting with the Vietnamese Embassy in France, Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang welcomed the delegation's business trip to France, especially in light of the two countries' 50th and 10th anniversaries of establishing diplomatic relations. System of strategic partnerships.

After a long period in which Can Tho city did not organise a bilateral visit to strengthen local channel cooperation, the visit also marked a new development in local cooperation.

Ngoc Thu