Vietnamese, Uruguayan Localities Cement Cooperation

Can Tho city and Canelones province of Uruguay recently held the first online meeting to implement the results of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue's visit to Uruguay in April 2023.

Attending the meeting on the Uruguayan side were Uruguayan Ambassador to Vietnam Raul Pollack Giampietro; Ambassador Alejandro Garofali Acosta, director of the Department of Institutional Relations, Foreign Ministry; Francisco Leganini, secretary general of the government, along with leader of trade and investment promotion agencies of Canelones.

On the Vietnamese side, there was Vietnamese Ambassador appointed to Argentina and concurrently Uruguay and Paraguay Ngo Minh Nguyet, leaders of the departments of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Agriculture & Rural Development, Education & Training of Can Tho.

At the first online meeting to implement the results of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue's visit to Uruguay in April 2023.

At the meeting, both sides appreciated the visit to Uruguay by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in April 2023, which was an important initial step in opening up opportunities for cooperation between the two localities, in accordance with policies and orientations of the two sides; exchange about the strengths and development potential of the two localities as well as fields in which the two sides can cooperate and complement each other such as agriculture, science and technology, education, culture, among others.

Julio Filippini, director of the Canelones' Investment Promotion Agency, said that Canelones is the second largest economic center of Uruguay, located near the capital Montevido, with a convenient transportation system for easy connection with other provinces of Uruguay.

The province advocates expanding international cooperation to attract foreign investment and has built a modern infrastructure system including tax-free zones, port and airport systems to facilitate free trade activities.

In addition, Canelones has many strengths in agricultural production, providing 66% of wine, 75% of chicken products and 46% of the country's fruit, and has many priority policies to promote green and sustainable development.

According to Deputy Director of Can Tho Foreign Department, Ho Thi Thanh Bach, with many similarities in trade, investment, and culture, the two sides have identified a number of potential areas of cooperation and agreed to soon build working groups in related fields, including agriculture experience sharing and technology transfer, industry and environment, education, logistics, culture and tourism.

The two sides agreed to inform each other about the composition of each side's working groups two weeks after the first online meeting between the two localities; closely coordinate to achieve the goal of signing a cooperation document between Can Tho and Canelones in 2024 or early 2025.

Speaking at the meeting, Ambassador Ngo Minh Nguyet affirmed that the Vietnamese Embassy, will continue to give high priority to promoting economic, trade, investment and cooperation. cultural cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between Vietnam and Uruguay; connect and support localities and businesses of the two countries to establish cooperative relationships and twinning relationships, including cooperation between Can Tho and Canelones.

The embassy will continue to coordinate closely with the Foreign Ministry, branches and local authorities of Uruguay to promote and create favorable conditions for localities and businesses of both sides to establish and conduct effective and practical cooperation in the coming time.

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