Soc Trang seeks stronger investment from Indian firms
Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish led a delegation to the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on February 21 to learn about investment opportunities in the locality.
Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish speaks at the ceremony to put Chua Moi bridge into operation (Source: VNA)
SocTrang (VNA) – Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish leda delegation to the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on February 21 to learnabout investment opportunities in the locality.
Duringa reception for the guests, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee TranVan Chuyen briefed the delegation on the social-economic development, strengths,and potential of the locality.
Chuyensaid that Soc Trang is calling for investment in the fields of wind and solarpower, tourism, and high-tech agriculture.
He noted that many Indian firms such as Tata Power, Suzlon Energy, and Adani havesought to invest in the Long Phu 2 thermal power plant in Soc Trang, addingthat Adani is planning to continue investing in the project with a totalcapital of over 2 billion USD.
He expressed his hope that the Indian Embassy would pay attention to encouragingIndian enterprises to expand their investment in the locality in the time tocome.
For his part, the Indian Ambassador pledged that he will do his utmost topromote the Indian government and investors’ cooperation with Soc Trang in researchingand developing technology and energy, training human resources, healthcare, andtelecommunications. He also committed to enhancing the provision of official developmentassistance (ODA) for the Vietnamese locality.
The embassy will pay heed to calling for Indian firms to invest in Soc Trang,especially in low-price automobile manufacturing, IT, mechanicals for industry,and electrical technology.
Earlier the same day, the ambassador attended a ceremony to put Chua Moi bridgeinto operation in Chau Thanh district, which was built with the funding of 50,000USD from India’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) fund. –VNA
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Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish speaks at the ceremony to put Chua Moi bridge into operation (Source: VNA) 
