Receiving and working with the delegation, on Long An province's side were Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - Nguyen Van Duoc; Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - Mai Van Nhieu; Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Minh Lam; Head of the Economic Zone Management Board - Le Truong Chinh and representatives of provincial departments and branches.
This is one of the contents of the program of the Delegation of Officials and Large Businesses of the State of California jointly organized by the Bay Area Council (San Francisco) and the Vietnamese-American Business Association (VABA) when they visited. and work in Vietnam in general and in Long An province in particular.
Long An is a province located in the south of Vietnam, an important gateway connecting Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeast region with the Mekong Delta region. With this special location, Long An easily resonates with the spread of industrial and urban development of Ho Chi Minh City. Besides, Long An also has strengths in water transportation, has a large-scale seaport and river port, and has a border with Cambodia about 134 km long, trading through Binh Hiep International Border Gate (Kien Town). Tuong) and My Quy Tay National Border Gate (Duc Hue district), so they have a lot of potential in border trade economic development.
The United States is ranked 6th among about 40 countries and territories investing in Long An with 23 projects, total registered investment capital of over 484 million USD (accounting for 4.6% of FDI capital in the province). US projects in Long An mainly operate in the field of environment, packaging production, pharmaceuticals, toys, garments, factory rental...
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - Nguyen Van Duoc said that, since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States on July 12, 1995 and after more than 10 years of establishing the "Total Partnership" present" on July 25, 2013; The two countries have built a partnership and friendship based on common interests, mutual respect and relations between the two peoples. Thanks to that, the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the United States is increasingly developing deeply and widely.
Thanking the affection and sincere and warm welcome that Long An province gave to the delegation, Oakland City Mayor - Sheng Thao felt happy and honored to come to Vietnam as well as Long An province. She hopes that, through the visit and understanding of the investment environment, the cooperative relationship between the two localities will be further tightened in the coming time, especially between the Port of Oakland and Long An International Port.
On this occasion, the signing ceremony of a memorandum of cooperation between Long An International Port and Oakland Port also took place. This will be one of the important premises to open cooperation opportunities between the two sides in the coming time../.