(HBO) – Leaders of Hoa Binh province held talks with their counterparts of Gimje city of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Jeollabuk-do province on November 2 to discuss bilateral cooperation towards the signing of a cooperative agreement between the two localities.
Attending the talks in Gimje city were Mayor of Gimje Park
Joon-bae, and representatives from the city’s divisions and offices; and Bui
Van Tinh, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and
Secretary of the provincial Hoa Binh Party Committee; Hoang Van Tu, Vice
Chairman of the provincial People’s Council; Bui Van Khanh, Vice Chairman of
the People’s Committee; Hoang Minh Tuan, head of the provincial Party Committee’s
Organisation Commission, along with representatives from several departments
and sectors of Hoa Binh province.
At the event, the two sides introduced each other to their
respective locality’s socio-economic situation and development potential. Hoa Binh
has advanatages in agricultural development with such main crops as citrus
fruits, industrial crops and farm produce. Meanwhile, Jeollabuk-do owns
plentiful agricultural products, and has a developed cuisine culture and food
industry. It is also a cradle of traditional cultural arts where the RoK’s
traditional cultural heritage is kept almost intact.

Photo: High-level talks between
Hoa Binh province (Vietnam) and Gimje city, Jeollabuk-do, the Republic of Korea.
Addressing the event, Bui Van Tinh, member of the Communist Party
of Vietnam Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee,
thanked leaders of Gimje city for their warm and kind welcome.
The talks and discussions towards the signing of the bilateral
cooperation agreement will help boost socio-economic development and
people-to-people exchanges between the two localities, thereby helping to consolidate
the fine development between Vietnam and the RoK.
Both sides agreed to focus cooperation on the following fields:
1. Strengthen collaboration in science and technology.
2. Exchange experiences and transfer technology in agriculture:
produce, process and preserve vegetables and fruits; preserve post-harvest
agricultural products; produce plant varieties; plant and develop forest trees;
develop hi-tech agriculture; develop technologies to improve land and treat
animal waste; develop aquatic farming and processing; develop herbal plants.
3. Support investment promotion, canvass of official development
assistance (ODA) and other aid sources.
4. Intensify personnel exchange and cooperation between training establishments,
and support high-quality human resources training between the two sides.
5. Support collaboration in tourism, organise cultural and sport
exchanges.
6. Other cooperation fields will be implemented following their
leaders’ consensus.

Photo: High-ranking leaders of Hoa
Binh province and Gimje city
After the talks, the high-ranking delegation of Hoa Binh province
visited an integrated control centre, an agriculture equipment and machinery
production factory, Ha Rang hi-tech agricultural zone, Samankum and Daesung
companies.
On the morning of November 3, the delegation had a working session
with representatives of several RoK enterprises in Seoul capital city before
concluding its working visit to the RoK./.
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