Provincial leaders receive and work with Israel Ambassador to Vietnam

03/11/2017 09:58

(BNP) – H.E Mr. Nadav Eshcar - Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam on October 31st visited and worked in Bac Ninh.

Chairman Nguyen Tu Quynh presented handicraft products to Israeli Ambassador.

At the Head Office of Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Tu Quynh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also had a working session with the Israeli Ambassador on the province’s socio-economic development and investment environment in the past years.

At the working session, Chairman Nguyen Tu Quynh briefed on the province’s outstanding socio-economic development over the past time. Thank to favorable geopolitical and geo-economic location and rich historical tradition, Bac Ninh has now been one of the fast growing provinces with many of the top indicators in the country. Until now, FDI attraction gained over 1,000 projects with total registered capital of $16 billion with many large enterprises and corporations from 33 countries and territories in the world.

In parallel with economic development, Bac Ninh has also devoted a lot of resources to making educational, health and social welfare policies. Bac Ninh has been known as a land of rich cultural traditions, home of thousands of historical and cultural relics, prominently Quan ho folk songs recognized as intangible cultural heritage representative of the mankind by UNESCO.

The Chairman also addressed that Bac Ninh is the leading province in the country on policies to support agriculture and rural areas, especially the application of hi-tech in agricultural production. At present, many farms in the province are in the process of applying the advanced technologies of Israel in agricultural production, bringing economic values and improving famers’ life.
 
He hoped the Ambassador to serve as a link, which aims to introduce the potential of tourism, culture and economic development of Bac Ninh province to Israeli citizens and investors. It would contribute to strengthening cooperation between Israel and Vietnam in general and Bac Ninh in particular.

 Speaking at the meeting, Israeli Ambassador Mr. Nadav Eshcar congratulated and highly appreciated the socio-economic achievements of Bac Ninh province in recent years. Bac Ninh and Israel have many similarities in terms of geographical conditions and economic development, which would be the basis for opening up opportunities for cooperation and promoting economic development between the two sides, the Ambassador addressed.
 
He wished to share the experience of economic development, building smart cities, high-tech agriculture. At the meeting, the Ambassador respectfully invited the provincial leaders to attend the Israeli Technology Fair in March 2018, which would show the latest technologies of the Israeli agriculture sector, contributing to agricultural development of the province.

After the meeting, Israeli Ambassador Mr. Nadav Eshcar visited and worked at DELCO (in Thuan Thanh district) and DABACO Vietnam.