Nghe An, Vietnam, 20 February 2016 - BIDV Chairman Mr. Tran Bac Ha met with delegates from Gifu Prefecture (Japan). Members included authority leaders and enterprises from Gifu, visiting Vietnam for the purpose of selecting investment opportunities in Nghe An and other central provinces.

 

​The two sides discussed a collaboration on the basis of a cooperation agreement signed in November last year.At the meeting, the BIDV Chairman requested the delegates from Gifu Prefecture share their experiences in tourism development, as well as provide direction for cooperation between Gifu and Vietnam’s central provinces in terms of developing tourism.

The BIDV Chairman said the bank has been actively working with leaders of Vietnam’s central provinces to review and select relevant projects and compile a list of 153 projects calling for investment in the fields of tourism, vocational training, engineering, new technology, high technology and agriculture modernisation. The Japanese enterprises are in the process of considering the list and a response is expected soon.

Currently, BIDV is working with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and JICA to organise a conference on acquiring credit for developing sustainable agriculture and supporting industries in the industrial modernisation period, to be held in Hanoi in March this year.

BIDV is coordinating with the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan, the Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment and Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to hold a forum on tourism investment and promotion between central provinces of Vietnam and Japan. The forum is due to take place in August this year in either Hue or Da Nang, in Vietnam.

In April 2016, experts from Gifu Prefecture will run a training programme funded by BIDV for agricultural engineers from Nghe An Province. Mr. Tran Bac Ha also recommended selecting an additional ten to twelve agricultural engineers from various other provinces in Vietnam to attend the course.

In November last year, BIDV, the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Foreign Investment Department (MPI), provinces of Nghe An, Quang Binh and Binh Dinh, and the Gifu authorities successfully co-organised the Forum on tourism promotion and connection between Gifu and Vietnam’s localities.

Vietnam - Gifu Friendship Association was officially established on 1 February this year under the witness of the Ambassador of Vietnam to Japan Mr. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, the Governor of Gifu Prefecture Mr. Hajime Furuta and Chairman of Administrative Committee of Gifu Mr. Yoshio Aidachi.

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