Long An continues to push for Korean investment - Promoting comprehensive development collaboration
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- 15:27 22/04/2024
DNHN - In the context of increasingly deep international economic integration, Long An continues to attract foreign investment, especially to realise cooperation with Korean partners after the two countries upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
With the approval of the Prime Minister, from 22/4/2024 to 26/4/2024, Mr Nguyen Van Ut, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, led the delegation of Long An province to visit, work, and promote investment in Korea. This is an activity in the 2024 Investment Promotion Programme of Long An Province. The delegation includes the Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai and leaders of provincial departments, sectors and infrastructure enterprises of the province.
This trip will continue to introduce the potential and development orientation, and reaffirm Long An as a destination with ideal investment opportunities for Korean enterprises; continue to connect Long An's industrial parks with Korean investors in many fields, especially high technology, innovation, renewable energy, and logistics; this is also an opportunity for the province to connect with potential partners in infrastructure development, learn from advanced models, and attract high-quality investment capital.
On the first day of arriving in Korea, the delegation met with former President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul. Speaking at the working session, Mr Nguyen Van Ut, Chairman of the Long An Provincial People's Committee, conveyed the greetings of former President Truong Tan Sang and expressed the delegation's honour to meet with former President Lee Myung Bak; At the same time, he hoped that with the special affection for Vietnam in general, Long An province in particular, and the close attachment of former President Lee Myung Bak and former President Truong Tan Sang, the friendly and cooperative relationship between Long An province and localities, Korean enterprises will be fostered more and more closely, more effectively, creating more "benefits" for enterprises, contributing to beautifying and realising the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" relationship between the two countries of Vietnam and Korea.

During the working session, former President Lee Myung Bak pledged to support the province in connecting and promoting cooperation between Korean businesses and investors to explore, research, and invest in Long An, especially in the field of green growth. Besides, he will connect the province to work with the Mayor of Seoul so that the two localities can cooperate in friendship during the next working trip to Korea.
On the same day, the delegation visited and worked with the Vietnamese Embassy in Korea to strengthen the regular relationship, effectively exploiting the influence of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, promoting, and enhancing the promotion and introduction of the image of Long An as well as connecting Korean localities and enterprises to Long An to learn about the investment environment and promote cooperation in developing economic, cultural, and social fields; at the same time, continue to pay attention to supporting and protecting the community of Long An workers in Korea.

Speaking at the working session, Ambassador Vu Tung welcomed the Long An provincial delegation to visit Korea. The Ambassador highly appreciated Long An's efforts in attracting foreign investment in recent times, especially from Korea. He affirmed that he would always be ready to support Long An in promoting its potential, connecting with Korean investors, and promoting bilateral cooperation.
As scheduled, the delegation will visit and hold talks with the Governor of Jeju Province on the potential for economic, cultural, and social development cooperation between the two localities; have important working sessions with the Jeju International Free City Development Center, Yooshin Group, Zenith, etc. In particular, Long An will organise an investment promotion conference - potential and opportunities for infrastructure development in Long An in the capital Seoul with the coordination of the Vietnamese Embassy in Korea and the co-organisation of Dong Nai province. The conference is expected to attract more than 100 large Korean corporations to attend.

The investment promotion programme in Korea opened a series of investment promotion activities abroad in 2024 in Long An province. It is expected to help Long An introduce the development orientation and investment opportunities of the province to leading Korean corporations with high technology, modernity, and strong spillover effects, opening up new investment opportunities, and enhancing sustainable development cooperation.
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