Binh Duong, Gangnam district sign strategic cooperation deal
The southern province of Binh Duong and Gangnam district of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Seoul city signed a strategic cooperation agreement via videoconference on January 6 to promote international trade and cultural exchange activities.
BinhDuong (VNA) – The southern province of Binh Duong and Gangnamdistrict of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Seoul city signed a strategiccooperation agreement via videoconference on January 6 to promote internationaltrade and cultural exchange activities.
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Vo Van Minh said Binh Duong lies in the southeast of Vietnamand in the centre of the southern key economic region comprising Ho Chi MinhCity, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Long Anand Tien Giang.
As one of the localities with high growth and dynamic industrialdevelopment, Binh Duong is now home to over 4,000 projects by foreigninvestors, including more than 800 Korean investors in key fields ofelectricity, electronics, support industry, precision engineering, medicalequipment, food processing, apparel, leather and footwear.
The province has so far established bilateral ties with 10cities and provinces worldwide and is also an official member of prestigiousmultilateral organisations such as the WorldTechnopolis Association(WTA) and the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).
🔴 On the occasion, Vietnam’s BecamexIDC and the Gangnam-based Convention & Exhibition Center (COEX) reportedtheir joint activities, including the signing of a deal to manage and run the 22,000sq.m World Trade Center Binh Duong New City Expo, which is to reopen inearly 2022./.
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With its import and export values growing 14.7 and 13.5 percent year-on-year to hit 24.6 and 31.5 billion USD in 2021, respectively, the southern province of Binh Duong recorded a trade surplus at 6.8 billion USD.
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At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
