Attending the conference on behalf of Lang Son province were comrade Duong Xuan Huyen, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the International Yoga Festival and Indian Cultural Exchange in Lang Son in 2025; leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches; representatives of a number of tourism and tourism service businesses in the province.
On the Indian side, there were Ms. T. Ajungla Jamir - Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of India in Vietnam; Indian Business Association in Vietnam (INCHAM); and a number of Indian businesses.
In his welcoming speech, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed that Lang Son province always attaches importance to promoting the establishment and development of relations with Indian partners in general and the Indian Embassy in Vietnam in particular. Over the years, India has become one of the province's reliable and important partners in many fields, especially in the fields of agriculture and education. For example: Lang Son star anise is one of 39 geographical indications of Vietnam recognized for protection by Europe, this is an important legal basis for Lang Son star anise products to reach out to the world, of which about 80% are exported to the Indian market with diverse products such as: star anise essential oil, organic spices, health care products, cosmetics. In addition, black jelly, a key agricultural product of Lang Son province, is also gradually appearing in the Indian market.
He hoped that in the coming time, many Indian enterprises and investors will come to invest and do business in Lang Son province to exploit and promote the potential and advantages of the province. At the same time, he hoped that the Embassy of India and the Indian Business Association in Vietnam would introduce and connect Indian enterprises to cooperate in investment and business in the border economic zone and industrial parks and clusters of the province, as well as in areas with potential for cooperation such as: information technology, digital transformation, pharmaceuticals, agricultural processing, renewable energy, logistics and tourism development, etc.
He believed that the “Meet India 2025” conference in Lang Son would open a new stage of development for the friendly cooperation between Lang Son province and Indian localities, agencies, organizations and enterprises, contributing to promoting the Vietnam-India cooperation relationship to continue to develop more deeply, comprehensively and effectively.
Speaking at the conference, Ms. T. Ajungla Jamir, Deputy Head of the Embassy of India , expressed her gratitude for the warm welcome of the People's Committee of Lang Son province to the delegation of the Embassy of India when they came to Lang Son. Ms. T. Ajungla Jamir said that with the advantage of having a system of international, national and secondary border gates, Lang Son has emerged as an important logistics center for many foreign companies, including Indian companies. In the field of agriculture and food processing, Lang Son is famous for its large-scale anise forests; meanwhile, India is known as the land of spices and flavorings, many Indian companies have come to Lang Son market to develop, this will be a great opportunity to enhance cooperation between Lang Son and Indian companies in this field.
The Deputy Ambassador hopes that through the conference, Lang Son and India will seek opportunities for cooperation, market connection and exchange to promote investment in the fields of agriculture, forestry, food, especially in the fields of tourism and border trade.
At the conference, delegates watched a video clip introducing the potential, advantages and investment attraction policies in the fields of investment, trade and tourism of Lang Son province and Lang Son UNESCO Global Geopark; a promotional video introducing Indian culture.
Delegates from Lang Son and India also presented and discussed the potential, advantages and policies to attract investment in the fields of investment, trade, logistics and tourism; potential cooperation in the fields of agriculture - forestry; food - foodstuff, tourism between Lang Son province and India; potential for exporting star anise from Lang Son; cooperation in transporting import and export goods.
During the program, representatives of the Lang Son Provincial Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion and representatives of the Indian Business Association in Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in developing investment, trade and tourism between the two sides in the coming time.
Before that, the delegates visited Area for displaying and introducing Lang Son tourism information, gift products, souvenirs of Lang Son tourism images and displaying and introducing tea products, OCOP products of Lang Son province; space for displaying Indian products such as handicrafts, tea, herbal products, medicinal herbs.
Source: https://baolangson.vn/hoi-nghi-gap-go-an-do-nam-2025-5048780.html
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