Vietnam leads in setting vision for Mekong region

On the evening of November 24, provincial People’s Committee grandly held a party in celebration of the Horasis Asia Meeting 2019 with the theme of “Vietnam leads in setting a vision for the Mekong region”.

The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue; Tran Van Nam, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Head of provincial National Assembly deputy delegation; Tran Thanh Liem, Vice-Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Chairman of provincial People’s Committee; Nguyen Manh Hung, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People’s Council of Binh Thuan province; Ho Quoc Dung, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Dinh province; Dr.Fank-Jurgen Richter, Chairman of Horasis.

Tran Van Nam, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Head of provincial National Assembly deputy delegation speaks at the event

In the context of extensive globalization, international and regional integration, Vietnam has been striving with countries in the Mekong River Subregion to build up a prosperous, integrated and equitable subregion. These countries are working together to set a development strategy for the Mekong River Basin between 2021 and 2030; have close coordination in various fields such as infrastructure construction, trade development, tourism, environmental protection and human resource development; simultaneously boost win-win cooperation in economic development.

Binh Duong has made efforts in strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation in various fields, aiming to promote socio-economic development, increase integration and competitiveness in the international arena. Accompanying the transformation of Asia and the world, the province is carrying out a project on Binh Duong smart city development to 2021 with vision to 2030, one of the local breakthrough programs in socio-economic development, step by step enhancing its scale to the region and the world.

The Horasis Asia Meeting 2019 is a major event in a series of the “Binh Duong smart city 2019” events, including the 15^th international scientific seminar on Asian urbanization, the opening of some works in association with science-technology of the province, especially the opening ceremony of the World Trade Center Binh Duong New City, aiming to further create new breakthroughs in socio-economic development  in the coming time.

Addressing the event, Mr.Nam stressed: “I hope that with the theme of “Vision of the Mekong region”, the Horasis Asia Meeting 2019’s plenary session tonight will bring delegates a multi-dimensional perspective on Vietnam, a country actively integratin, making more and more contributions to the region and the world; and on Binh Duong, a dynamic, creative and developing province. As the co-chair of the Horasis Asia Meeting 2019, Binh Duong, through this event, want to have an opportunity for win-win cooperation with partners in the region and around the world in order to make socio-economic development, implement the Binh Duong smart city project and build up a Binh Duong city with sustainable and fast development in the future.

For his part, Dr. Fank-Jurgen Richter, Chairman of Horasis also thanked provincial leaders for their efforts in co-organizing the Horasis Asia Meeting 2019. He emphasized that Asia is a place with centers and cooperation interference. Horasis is seen as a message sent to Asia now being a motivation for development in the new region. “We are the symbol of globalization and free trade”, added he.

Reported by Phuong Le-Translated by K.T