On December 11, in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee coordinated with the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City to organize the Khanh Hoa - China Business Connection Conference 2024.
Attending the event were Mr. Pham Thanh Binh - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Mr. Le Huu Hoang - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Wei Hua Tuong - Consul General of China in Ho Chi Minh City; leaders of departments, branches and more than 200 Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises.
At the conference, Mr. Le Huu Hoang said that the Chinese tourist market continues to hold an important position and is the second largest international market of Khanh Hoa after Korea. In the first 10 months of 2024, there were nearly 500 flights from China to Cam Ranh airport. It is expected that in the whole year of 2024, Khanh Hoa will welcome 750,000 Chinese visitors.
According to Mr. Le Huu Hoang, 2025 is the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China, so Khanh Hoa hopes that Chinese enterprises will continue to pay attention to promoting business cooperation, economic development, including tourism development between the two sides in the coming time.
In the field of trade and import and export, China is one of the leading partners with products such as seafood, ships, garment products, coffee, durian, wooden furniture products, cigarettes, etc.
Notably, Khanh Hoa has cooperated with Chinese partners in the official export of mango and durian products. Since the end of 2023, a number of bird's nest businesses in the province have carried out export procedures, transporting the first batches of high-quality bird's nests and bird's nest processed products (bird's nest water) to China.
In the first 9 months of 2024, the export turnover of goods to the Chinese market reached nearly 165 million USD, accounting for 10.4%; the import turnover from the Chinese market is estimated at more than 77 million USD. Regarding investment attraction, out of 119 foreign direct investment projects, China has 3 projects with an investment capital of 29.622 million USD.
“Khanh Hoa Provincial Government always accompanies and creates favorable conditions for Chinese enterprises to cooperate and do business in the province, aiming to bring practical benefits to both enterprises and people” - the Standing Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee affirmed.
Mr. Wei Huaxiang - Consul General of China in Ho Chi Minh City said that Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa has long been a priority destination for Chinese people when traveling to Vietnam. In particular, in 2019, more than 2.5 million Chinese people came to Khanh Hoa for vacation, accounting for 75% of international tourists to the province at this time.
After the Covid-19 pandemic, China and Khanh Hoa province have coordinated to accelerate the recovery of tourism activities between the two markets, such as organizing a conference to connect tourism cooperation between Shanghai and Chengdu. Commercial flights and charter flights between Khanh Hoa and Chinese provinces and cities are also increasing.
The Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City said it will continue to promote its role as a bridge and actively support the substantive cooperation relationship between China and Khanh Hoa province to reach new heights.
Mr. Wei Huaxiang also hopes that with nearly 100 Chinese enterprises attending the Connection Conference, including representatives from various industries such as finance, machinery manufacturing, infrastructure, tourism, environmental protection, legal consulting, agricultural and aquatic product processing, etc., this Conference is an opportunity to enhance exchanges, deepen cooperation, and benefit both sides.
At the Conference, Mr. Pham Thanh Binh - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs also stated that Khanh Hoa is a land with much room and potential for tourism development, oriented to become a key tourism area of Vietnam according to 3 national tourism development driving areas.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to play the role of bridge, paving the way, supporting connections between Vietnamese localities and international partners, including Khanh Hoa and Chinese investors,” Deputy Minister Pham Thanh Binh shared.
After the opening session, more than 200 businesses from Khanh Hoa province and China entered the business connection session for businesses to meet and discuss directly.
The working session was divided into three main areas: tourism, agriculture, aquaculture; trade - import and export and other areas. This activity helps businesses better understand the potential and strengths, the need for trade cooperation and promotion of cooperation in areas with strong development opportunities.
Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/doanh-nghiep-khanh-hoa-trung-quoc-ket-noi-phat-trien-nhieu-linh-vuc.html
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