Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy works with the German Asia-Pacific Business Association
On the afternoon of June 14 (local time), in Hamburg,
Germany, a delegation from Nghe An province worked with the German Asia-Pacific
Business Association. The delegation was led by comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member
of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee,
Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National
Assembly Delegation.
Overview of the meeting
Welcoming
and working with the delegation included Ms. Almut Rosne - member of the Board
of Directors and associates of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association.
The German
Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV) was founded in 1900, and is currently
the largest foreign trade association with more than 450 members from all
sectors across the whole of Germany such as representatives of the large
industrial concerns, medium-sized manufacturing firms, trade companies, banks,
insurance companies and service providers
OAV aims to
promote the development of economic relations with the rapidly rising
Asia-Pacific region through professional support for German companies in
business activities in Asia; provide independent information and assessments on
trends and potential to members; provide knowledge about industrialized
countries, developing and emerging countries and less developed markets in the
region.
As a strong
business network with good institutional links, OAV cooperates closely with
ministries, agencies and embassies in Germany and other Asia-Pacific countries,
as well as German foreign trade promotion partner organizations.
To start the
meeting, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy thanked
Ms. Almut Rosne and OAV members for their enthusiastic welcome and time to work
with the delegation.
Appreciating
the role of the Association in connecting and advising members to learn and
invest in the Asia-Pacific region in general and Viet Nam in particular, the
head of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee exchange, through this working
season, the province has the opportunity to introduce and provide complete and
detailed information about Nghe An, from which the province hope that OAV shall
support German enterprises to explore cooperation and investment opportunities in
Nghe An.
Sharing beautiful
feelings and memories when coming to Nghe An many times while working at the
European Chamber of Commerce in Viet Nam (Eurocham), Ms. Almut Rosne highly
appreciated the potential for cooperation with the province and expressed ready
to support and connect to promote the mutual cooperation process.
In particular,
in Viet Nam being in the Asia-Pacific region, which accounts for more than 60%
of the world's population and has a very dynamically developing economy, Ms.
Almut Rosne said that in 2023, during the surveying with OAV member enterprises,
the results show that Viet Nam is the second country in the region in terms of
interest from German enterprises.
Discussing
at the working season, the Secretary Thai Thanh Quy proposed that OAV creates
conditions for Nghe An to participate in introducing potentials, advantages,
investment attraction policies and answering questions with members of the Association
and supports the connection with the German Industry and Commerce in Viet Nam for
Nghe An to work specifically to prepare for the above activity.
Secretary of
the Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy wished that if the Association
organizes a delegation for member enterprises to survey the investment and
business environment in Viet Nam, please arrange time to come work, explore the
potential, Investment advantages in Nghe An, which has made a lot of progress.
Ms. Almut
Rosne highly appreciated Nghe An's advantages in providing attractive tax
incentive policies in industrial zones. The province has also advantages in
human resources and a favorable geographical location for seaport and logistics
development, connecting the East - West Economic Corridor.
Vinh city is
identified as an urban area of special importance in the development of Viet
Nam, and has a close and traditional relationship with Germany since the time
of the German Democratic Republic.
On that
basis, she said that it is expected that in 2025, the Association shall
organize a survey delegation in Viet Nam in the field of electronics industry
and digital transformation to look for investment opportunities in electronic
component production.
At the same
time, the Association would like to connect with Nghe An to train skilled
workers to work in Germany and discuss cooperation in the sector of agriculture
and minerals.
Therefore,
Ms. Almut Rosne hoped that through the Association's survey delegation, members
shall learn about the actual situation and discuss and exchange specific
cooperation.
Sincerely
thanking OAV's comments and goodwill to cooperate, Secretary Thai Thanh Quy
acknowledged that the survey shall be an opportunity for Nghe An and the
Association to enhance cooperation.
After the
business trip in Germany, Nghe An shall connect with the Association's
electronics partners who are investing in Nghe An. Nghe An shall also provide a
document to the Association with specific information about the potential and investment
attraction policies, cooperate on vocational training and agriculture;
transportation infrastructure, seaports, marine economic development and
officially propose the delegation to survey, research and cooperate.
"We
hope that starting from this working visit, the relationship between Nghe An
and the Association shall be even deeper," the Provincial Party Secretary
said and expressed hope that in the near future there will be OAV members invest
in Nghe An.
On this
occasion, he respectfully invited Ms. Almut Rosne and her colleagues to return
to visit Nghe An province.
Source: baonghean.vn