In the morning of 17 October, Long An Province People’s Committee held the 2016 investment promotion conference titled “Cooperation – Sustainable Development”. Participants of the conference included Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, former State President – Truong Tan Sang, leaders of ministries, departments, neighboring provinces, cities as well as leaders of local departments and agencies in the Province, and representatives of businesses inside and outside the Province.

Delivering the opening speech, Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee – Tran Van Can affirmed: “This is the first year when Long An carries out the Resolution of the 10th Provincial Party Congress with new orientation different from the past; Accordingly, by 2020, Long An Province will have built the platform ensuring rapid and sustainable development”, and also emphasized: “Long An will create the most favorable conditions for investors and businesses to successfully implement their projects in the Province.”

To accomplish this goal, one of important and decisive solution defined by the Provincial People’s Committee is: Mobilizing capital, science and technology… resources to promote investment attraction. In particular, the two domains calling for investment with priority include: Construction of transport infrastructure system in service of industrial development of Long An key economic region and Agricultural development with high-tech applications associated with agriculture restructure.
At this conference, in the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation, Long An International Port Operation & Management Joint Stock Company executed the cooperation agreement with Saigon Port Joint Stock Company. The objective of cooperation between Long An International Port and Saigon Port is to promote advantages of each party for overall sustainable development of Soai Rap River port complex, then aiming at establishing cargo shipping routes from the East and the South West regions to various ports in Saigon port system and vice versa, coordinating in cargo management to satisfy customer requirements and avoid cargo congestion at ports of both Parties.

In addition, through this cooperation agreement, Long An International Port and Saigon Port will set up programs to share and exchange experiences in port operation as well as logistics services, in an effort to provide training to highly-skilled personnel able to satisfy requirements of domestic and foreign customers

Besides, Dong Tam Joint Stock Company signed a cooperation agreement with Truong Hai Auto Joint Stock Company after Truong Hai Auto has spent a period of time on study, research and decided to build the largest Commercial – Service Center in Green City Urban Area – in the administrative center of Long An Province with Dong Tam Joint Stock Company as the Investor. With total investment capital of over VND 500 billion, Truong Hai Auto Trading & Service Center will have three floors covering an area of over 20,000m2, scheduled for construction in late 2016, and operation in 2018.

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Overview of the 2016 Investment Promotion Conference in Long An 
 

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Delegates pose for photo at the Conference

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Long An International Port Operation & Management Joint Stock Company signed a cooperation agreement with Saigon Port Joint Stock Company.

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Dong Tam Joint Stock Company signed a cooperation agreement with Truong Hai Auto Joint Stock Company

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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits exhibition booths at the Conference
 
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Prime Minister visits Dong Tam booth
 
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Visitors learn about projects at Dong Tam booth