New opportunities in cooperation between Hai Phong and partners in the Flanders region, Kingdom of Belgium

(Haiphong.gov.vn) - On the afternoon of September 13, within the framework of the official visit of Mr. Jan Jambon, Minister - Prime Minister of the Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs , Culture, Information Technology and Infrastructure Management of Flanders, Kingdom of Belgium in Hai Phong , held the Workshop "Sustainable Infrastructure and Smart Logistics".

Overview of the Workshop.

Attending the workshop were: Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Duc Tho; Head of Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board Le Trung Kien and more than 30 enterprises and organizations from the Flanders region and 40 Vietnamese enterprises in Hai Phong city.

Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Duc Tho delivered the opening speech at the Workshop.

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Duc Tho affirmed that the friendly and cooperative relations between Hai Phong and Belgian organizations and enterprises are constantly developing well. The city currently has 8 FDI projects of investors from the Kingdom of Belgium with a total investment capital of 556 million USD. The projects mainly focus on the fields of industrial park infrastructure business and maritime services, electricity production, hotel investment and business. The workshop will open up new opportunities for cooperation between Hai Phong and partners in the Flanders region, creating a premise for enterprises from the Kingdom of Belgium, Vietnam and Hai Phong city to carry out practical cooperation activities in the future.

Minister - Prime Minister of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) Jan Jambon said that this is an opportunity for businesses of both sides to learn about needs and evaluate the possibility of cooperation.

Minister - Prime Minister of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) Jan Jambon said that the Kingdom of Belgium in general and Flanders in particular have many strengths and potentials similar to Hai Phong city. That is the premise for the two sides to strengthen cooperation; specifically in key industries, service industry, logistics, clean energy, alternative energy, petrochemical industry, transportation. This is also an opportunity for businesses of both sides to learn about the needs and evaluate the possibility of cooperation in the future.

Speakers and businesses from Flanders, Vietnam and Hai Phong discussed and clarified challenges for seaport development.

At the workshop, speakers and businesses from Flanders, Vietnam and Hai Phong discussed and clarified challenges for seaport development in general, Vietnam seaports and Hai Phong seaports in particular; shared experiences in seaport development; and identified future trends in seaport development.

Speakers commented on port development trends in the coming time.

From there, find solutions to promote sustainable seaport development, including promoting the development of Vietnamese seaports according to the master plan for the development of Vietnam's seaport system in the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050. Speakers commented that the trend of port development in the coming time is to build green ports, strengthen post-port connectivity, apply new technology, blue-logistics trends...

General Director of DEEP C Industrial Park Complex, Bruno Jaspaert, said that it is necessary to invest in improving infrastructure to develop the inland waterway network.

General Director of DEEP C Industrial Park Complex, Bruno Jaspaert shared: “To develop Vietnamese seaports in general and Hai Phong seaports in particular sustainably, it is necessary to first focus on a number of solutions such as investing in improving infrastructure to develop the inland waterway network; developing a multimodal transport system, connecting local inland waterway transport with roads and railways; increasing connectivity between seaports; promoting the application of new technology in seaport infrastructure management; improving the quality of human resources... Finally, it is necessary to research and develop the R&D Research and Development Center, you can learn from the experience of the Flanders Region to apply to Vietnam”.

Signing ceremony of the contract for the purchase and sale of Renewable Energy Certificates between DEEP C Green Energy Co., Ltd. (Vietnam) and Polarium Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Sweden).

The workshop also witnessed the signing ceremony of the Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase Agreement between DEEP C Green Energy Co., Ltd. (Vietnam) and Polarium Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Sweden). Specifically, Polarium Vietnam will purchase Renewable Energy Certificates from DEEP C to become the first company in DEEP C Industrial Park to operate its facilities entirely on renewable energy (100% using green energy).

Camco Technology Joint Stock Company (Kingdom of Belgium) signed a memorandum of understanding with Hateco Hai Phong International Container Terminal Company Limited (HHIT).

In addition, Camco Technologies NV, Belgium, has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Hateco Hai Phong International Container Terminal Company Limited (HHIT). Accordingly, Camco will deploy the automatic gate OCR system and the exclusive STS gantry crane OCR system at HHIT. Through this cooperation, HHIT affirms its goal of closely linking the largest seaport in Northern Vietnam with the European and American markets./.

Phuong Mai, Photo: Dam Thanh

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