On the morning of August 27, 2024, Mr. Viet Anh – Ambassador of Minh Nguyen Plastics (NMN) attended the Investment – Trade Promotion Conference between Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China).
The highlight of the Conference is the Vietnam – China (Guangxi) business exchange program with the participation of more than 200 businesses in 5 main fields: agricultural products – food, machinery and equipment, construction – construction materials, import and export and other industries. Through the trade exchange program, businesses of the two countries have the opportunity to meet, exchange and discuss directly about issues of interest to them, the import and export needs of each specific product, thereby contributing to promoting economic, trade and investment exchanges between Vietnam and China (Shandong).
Attending and speaking at the conference, Member of the City Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan emphasized that in recent years, the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China has continued to have very good developments, promoting and deepening the friendship, substantive cooperation, and strategic connection with Chinese localities. In that spirit, Ho Chi Minh City always pays attention to promoting cooperative relations with China – the largest trade partner and the 16th largest investor of the City, with bilateral trade turnover in 2023 reaching about 23.3 billion USD and 732 valid investment projects. Ho Chi Minh City has established friendly and cooperative relations with eight Chinese localities, including the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, since 2015. The markets of Vietnam and China in general, and Ho Chi Minh City and Guangxi in particular, complement each other in terms of economic structure, geographical proximity convenient for transporting goods, and diversity in forms of trade exchange.
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Liu Ning affirmed that economic and trade cooperation between Guangxi and Vietnam has become a model and example for international and regional economic and trade cooperation, demonstrating the efforts and contributions of both sides in promoting the China-Vietnam relationship to continuously reach new heights as well as in building the China-Vietnam Community of Shared Future, thereby the friendly cooperation between China and Vietnam will certainly develop better and better in the future.
Mr. Viet Anh shared: “The conference is an opportunity for businesses from both sides to learn and update the market situation, investment attraction policies, exchange practical business solutions, promote investment – trade cooperation, and contribute practically to promoting bilateral economic cooperation. It is also an opportunity for NMN businesses as well as domestic and foreign businesses to access and share in-depth understanding of industrial parks, and at the same time, it is an opportunity to learn – connect, build international partnerships – cooperation and long-term development exchanges”.
At the conference, delegates were updated on economic and trade cooperation opportunities between Guangxi and Vietnam; Introduce the potential and cooperation opportunities of Vietnamese businesses in the production and supply chain; Introduce the investment and business environment of Ho Chi Minh City. Creating conditions for businesses on both sides to learn and update the market situation, investment attraction policies, exchange practical business solutions, promote investment and trade cooperation, and practically contribute to promoting bilateral economic cooperation. Along with that, the level of logistics facilitation at China – Vietnam land border gates is constantly being improved, and the construction of smart border gates between the two countries is being accelerated. Guangxi – Vietnam economic and trade cooperation has become a model and example for international and regional economic and trade cooperation.
Through the trade program, businesses of the two countries as well as NMN businesses have the opportunity to meet, exchange, and discuss directly about issues of interest to them, the import and export needs of each specific product, thereby contributing to promoting economic exchange, investment, and trade between the Vietnamese and Chinese markets in general, Ho Chi Minh City and Guangxi in particular, which complement each other in terms of economic structure, geographical proximity convenient for transporting goods, and diversity in the form of trade exchange, making it more in-depth and practical.