Thai Binh province rolls out red carpet for Dutch businesses
The northern province of Thai Binh always accompanies and creates the best conditions for enterprises, including those from the Netherlands to invest in and run long-term and effective business in the locality, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ngo Dong Hai has affirmed.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ngo Dong Hai at the conference (Photo: VNA)
Amsterdam (VNA) – The northern province of Thai Binh alwaysaccompanies and creates the best conditions for enterprises, including thosefrom the Netherlands to invest in and run long-termand effective business in the locality, Secretary of the provincial PartyCommittee Ngo Dong Hai has affirmed.
At an investment and trade promotion conference held by the province's delegation in Leeuwawarden city,Friesland province on April 25, Hai highlighted that Thai Binh, boasting soundinvestment climate with various incentives, and favourable geographical localtion,has become a leading attractive destination for foreign investors in the northof Vietnam.
He expressed his hope that the conference would open up numerous cooperative opportunitiesbetween Thai Binh and the Netherlands in all areas, particularly clean watermanagement, education, healthcare, clean energy, hi-tech agriculture, pharmaceuticalsand biology, which align with the province’s demand and the Europeancountry’s strengths.
Briefing participants on the province’s strengths, potential and investment priorities, ViceChairman of the provincial People’s Committee Lai Van Hoan stressed that Thai Binhhopes to welcome Dutch enterprises to study investment opportunities, andengage in development of the Thai Binh Economic Zone in the green, clean andsustainable direction.
At the event, Thai Binh leaders and Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Huong Nam witnessedthe signing of a cooperative agreement between the province and the World TradeCentre Leeuwarden.
The conference was held as part of the working trip of the Thai Binhprovince delegation to the country from April 23 to 26.
The same day, the delegation made a courtesy call to the King’s Commissioner ofFriesland Arno Brok, during which the two sides concurred to bolstercooperation and called for businesses to work together in various sectors inthe coming time.
It had working sessions with Boskalis and Royal VanOord, the two leading Dutch corporations dredging, sand exploitation andmaritime construction, and visited a wind farm of Pondera, a group specialising in offshore wind energy. The enterprisesexpressed their interest in the province’s investment projects, particularlyits socio-economic master plan with the direction of expanding toward the sea.
The delegation also visited the Vietnamese Embassy in the Hague./.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands is ready to be a bridge and a channel to send recommendations from Dutch businesses to the Vietnamese government to improve mechanisms and create favourable conditions for investors operating in Vietnam, said Ambassador Ngo Huong Nam.
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Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ngo Dong Hai at the conference (Photo: VNA) 
