Provincial leader welcomes delegation of Japan’s KitaKyushu city

On the afternoon of November 25, Mai Hung Dung, Permanent Vice-Chairman of provincial People’s Committee received a delegation from KitaKyushu city in Japan, led by Kazuhide Umemoto, Deputy Mayor of the city. The event was also attended by Nguyen Van hung, CEO of Becamex IDC together with leaders of sectors, departments in the province.

At the working session, Mr.Kazuhide Umemoto said that KitaKyushu has a lot of conditions for cooperation in economic development, especially in the fields of environment and waste treatment. In Vietnam, the city has so far cooperated with Hai Phong city in many environmental projects. Many investors from the Japanese city are now interested in a policy of the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment on green industrial park development. In his working visit to Binh Duong, he wanted to have coordination with the province, thereby sharing experience on the organization of the Horasis Asia Meeting…

For his part, Mr.Dung thanked the delegation’s visit. He added that green growth and green industrial park construction are now the global issues. Binh Duong is home to 3,700 foreign enterprises and 40,000 domestic ones, so the issue of environment is very important. The province has made efforts in handling this issue basically. KitaKyushu is a developed city with the issue of environment well realized. The province will be also ready to support enterprises between the two sides to boost cooperation in this field.

It is known that the Horasis Asia Meeting 2020 will be organized in KitaKyushu city under the theme of “Minimizing environmental pollution”. The delegation’s visit also aimed to share experience with the province in the organization of the Horasis Asia Meeting 2020.

Reported by Tieu My-Translated by K.T