Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Dieu (right) discusses the province's potential and strengths with Mr. Okabe Mitsutoshi

At the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Dieu briefly introduced Dong Thap's potential and advantages in developing industry, high-tech agriculture, renewable energy, and logistics. After administrative boundary consolidation, the province focuses on developing key economic sectors, especially agriculture with main product lines such as: rice, fruit trees, and aquaculture (especially pangasius); the province also emphasizes applying science and technology to production to improve product quality, value, and competitiveness.

In addition, the province's new geographical location creates an important economic corridor connecting the Mekong Delta region with the Southern key economic region, favorable for developing transportation infrastructure, logistics, import-export, and attracting foreign investment.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Dieu expressed his desire to expand cooperation with Japanese businesses in the fields of high-tech agriculture and deep processing, renewable energy, logistics infrastructure, and human resource training. The province affirmed that it always accompanies businesses, building an open, transparent, and stable investment environment for investors to feel secure in long-term operations.

Mr. Okabe Mitsutoshi expressed his wish that the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, provincial departments, and agencies would strengthen connections and support Japanese businesses in exploring and investing in areas consistent with the province's development orientation. At the same time, the two sides agreed to continue maintaining information exchange and promoting trade and investment promotion activities in the coming time.

Written by Tran Thi

sTranslated by Van Le Nguyen