Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee works with Head of Vietnam's Permanent Delegation in Geneva

English: The news — Working session between Nghe An province delegation and Ambassador Mai Phan Dung - Head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam in Geneva - Switzerland.

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Phung Thanh Vinh expressed his deep gratitude to Ambassador Mai Phan Dung and the delegation for their active support to the working delegation during their working days in Switzerland.

Activities such as the Seminar on “New global trends in green finance and sustainable agriculture and their impacts in Vietnam”; working with Pavo Capital Group Fund and the Strategy and Solutions Unit for Strengthening Resilience in Food, Water and Air Quality under the Center for Nature and Climate of the World Economic Forum (WEF) have provided a lot of new information on the general global trend, which is practical and effective. The activities have clear prospects in connecting Nghe An with international organizations, institutions and foreign enterprises in key areas such as: Green transformation and sustainable growth; Climate change response and natural disaster prevention; High-tech agriculture; Circular economic development.

At the meeting, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee informed Ambassador Mai Phan Dung of the overview of Nghe An's recent socio-economic development situation and hoped that the Ambassador would pay attention to connecting cooperation activities between the province and Switzerland. Nghe An province has an economic scale of about 217 trillion VND, ranking 10th in the country, and after the merger, it ranked 19th. Positive economic growth, in 2024, before the merger of administrative units, Nghe An's economic growth rate reached 9.01%. In the first 10 months of 2025, the growth rate reached 8.63%, it is forecasted that the target and plan will be achieved by the end of the year.

Regarding investment attraction, Nghe An continues to be a bright spot when it has been in the top 10 localities nationwide in attracting FDI for 3 consecutive years. Up to now, the province has had 166 FDI projects, with a total registered capital of more than 6.8 billion USD. According to the plan until 2030, the province has 8,600 hectares of land for industrial development, of which there are currently nearly 2,000 hectares of clean land, with areas of interest such as mechanical manufacturing, automobile assembly, spare parts...

Through the working sessions in Switzerland, the Nghe An delegation realized that Switzerland has 3 areas that Nghe An province really wants the Ambassador to pay attention to and promote cooperation. First, the anti-flooding infrastructure system in urban areas, especially Vinh urban area, and satellite cities to overcome flooding.

Second, industrial infrastructure, specifically the processing industry, especially in the forestry sector. Switzerland is a country that uses a lot of wood, while Nghe An has an advantage in forests, with 1.16 million hectares of forest, the largest in the country; each year there are 240 thousand hectares of planted forests, exploiting about 1.8 million ^m3 of wood of all kinds, but basically exporting raw materials such as wood chips and wood panels. Nghe An has also been approved by the Prime Minister for a high-tech forestry zone with 618 hectares, so it is very eager to attract investors in this field. In addition, Nghe An has 36 thousand hectares of planted forests with FSC certification; currently 3.7 million tons of carbon credits have been sold.

Third, in the field of fruit processing, Nghe An has a microclimate, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, so there are many delicious vegetables and fruits, especially pineapple. Nghe An is also a province that suffers a lot of damage caused by natural disasters and one of the reasons is that there is no warning system or flood map, so it is very necessary to cooperate with international organizations and investment funds. In addition, in the field of clean energy, the province is currently preparing to invest in the Quynh Lap 1.5MGW gas-fired power project, the fields of wind power, solar power, and biomass power need the participation of large investors.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung affirmed that the Delegation is very eager to contribute to the development of the country. The areas that the Delegation is responsible for include nearly 40 international organizations in many fields, from politics, security, economics, trade, science and technology, meteorology, natural disaster warning... The Delegation has relationships with major institutions. On a general level, the whole country and localities are in great need of financial resources, science and technology, green transformation, green energy and green agriculture.

The recent activities in Switzerland in the areas of energy, agriculture, and green finance are the first steps for the Mission to continue supporting localities to continue connecting with partners, including partners who directly purchase carbon credits. Regarding green finance and green energy related to wind and solar power, the Mission will support connections with major financial institutions.

Regarding the field of disaster mitigation support, the Delegation will soon work with WEF again and promote further, with the orientation of bringing AI deeper into the warning field and will propose specific projects to the province.

Regarding the contents related to the Pavo Capital Group Investment Fund, the Delegation will assign staff to support partners to build programs and projects. The province also needs to urgently propose specific contents and establish an effective working mechanism./.

According to: Nghe An Newspaper

Source: https://ngoaivu.nghean.gov.vn/tin-trong-tinh/pho-chu-tich-ubnd-tinh-nghe-an-lam-viec-voi-truong-phai-doan-thuong-truc-viet-nam-tai-geneva-thu-985435

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